Vocabolario Avanzato per il TOEFL - Religione
Qui imparerai alcune parole inglesi sulla religione, come "cleric", "pastor", "sufi", ecc., necessarie per l'esame TOEFL.
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the quality of being linked with theology or the human spirit as opposed to material or physical items

spiritualita
a religious group with beliefs or practices, especially extreme or unusual ones, that separate them from the rest of the people with the religion

sezione
people who are officially chosen to lead religious services in a church or other religious institution

clero
a priest or priestess serving as a mediator through whom the gods were thought to give their message in classical antiquity

oracolo
someone who is sent to a foreign country to teach and talk about religion, particularly to persuade others to become a member of the Christian Church

missionario
a person believing in a religion that worships many deities, especially one that existed before the major world religions

pagano
a member of an Islamic sect that tries to become united with God through prayer, meditation, and living a simple and strict life

Sufi
someone who delivers spiritual speeches, often an associate of the clergy

predicatore
a speech or a piece of writing that is meant to advise people on the correct way of behaving

omelia
a person in some religions and cultures believed to be capable of contacting good and evil spirits and curing people of illnesses, especially in some cultures in northern Asia and North America

sciamano
a person belonging to an English religious group of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted church rituals made simpler and who believed it was important to work hard and control oneself, while pleasure was unnecessary or even wrong

puritano
any of the four books of the New Testament that is about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

il Vangelo
someone who believes it is impossible to know whether God exists or not

agnostico
a school of Mahayana Buddhism, originally formed in Japan, emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition rather than reading religious scripts or ritual worship

Zen
a religious cult involving witchcraft and the worship of spirits, especially common in parts of the Caribbean

vudù
the state in which a person or their spirit is delivered from their sins and saved by Christ

salvezza
the return to life of Christ on the third day after his death on the cross, according to the New Testament

risurrezione
a mass at which people honor and pray for the soul of a dead person, especially in the Roman Catholic Church

requiem
the belief that after someone’s death, their spirit comes back to life in the form of a new body, especially in Buddhism and Hinduism

reincarnazione
