Lesson 1 and 2: Believing

Accredit

Accredit

To authorize; to certify; to believe

Credence

Belief; acceptance as true

Creditable

Deserving praise

Credulous

Believing too easily; gullible

Creed

A statement of belief or principle

Deify

To make a god of

Deity

A god or goddess

Divine 1)

To foretell by supernatural means

Divine 2)

To know by intuition or insight

Divinity 1)

A god or goddess; a divine being

Divinity 2)

The state of being divine

Divinity 3)

The study of Christian theology

Apotheosis 1)

Making a god of something; deification

Apotheosis 2)

A glorified ideal; an essence

Theocracy

Government by divine power or priests

Atheist

A person who believes there is no god

Pantheism

Identifying god with nature; belief in all gods

pantheon 1)

All the gods of a people or religion

Pantheon 2)

Circular domed temple in Rome built in 27 BC

Credo, credere, credidi, creditum means

“to believe”

Deus means

“god”

Divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum means

“to foretell”

Devinus means

“divine”

Theos means

“god”

Consecrate 1)

To make or declare something sacred

Consecrate 2)

To dedicate something to a goal

Execrate

To denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest

Sacrament

Something considered to have sacred significance

Sacrilege

Disrespect to something regarded as sacred

Sacrosanct

Sacred (often used ironically)

Sanctimonious

Pretending to be righteous

Sanction 1)

Approval; support; permission

Sanction 2)

(usually plural) A penalty for breaking with law or custom

Sanctity

Godliness; holiness

Sanctuary

A sacred place; any place of refuge

Hierarchy

A group organized by rank

Hieroglyphic 1)

Written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words

Hieroglyphic 2)

Hard to read

Expiate

To make amends for; to atone for

Piety

Religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents

Impious

Sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect

Pittance

A meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary

Sacer means

“Sacred”

Sanctus means

“Holy”

Hieros means

“Holy,” “Sacred,” “Supernatural”

Pio, Piare, Piavi, Piatum means

“to appease,” “to purify (with sacred rites)”