DE English Vocab Ch. 1 & 2

accredit

to authorize, certify, 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

to foretell by supernatural means

divinity

a god or goddess, a divine being

apotheosis

making a god of somehtiong, deification

theocracy

government by divine power orn priests

theology

the study of religion

atheist

a person who believes there is no god

pantheism

identifying god with nature, belief in all gods

pantheon

all the gods of a people or religon

consecrate

to make or declare something sacred

execrate

to denounce as vile or eveil

sacrament

something considered to have sacred significance

sacrilege

disrespect to something regarded as sacred

sacrosnact

sacred

sanctimonious

pretending to e righteous

sanction

approval, support, permission

sanctity

godliness, holiness

sanctuary

a sacred place, any place of refuge

hierarchy

a group organized by rank

hieroglyphic

written wit pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words

expiate

to make amends for, to atone for

piety

religious devotion, great respect towards something

impious

sacriligeous, profane, lacking appropriate reverence

pittance

a meager portion of anything