TOEFL のための上級語彙 - Religion
ここでは、TOEFL試験に必要な「聖職者」、「牧師」、「スーフィー」など、宗教に関するいくつかの英語の単語を学びます。
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the study of religions and faiths

神学, 宗教学
the quality of being linked with theology or the human spirit as opposed to material or physical items

スピリチュアリティ, 精神的生活
a religious group with beliefs or practices, especially extreme or unusual ones, that separate them from the rest of the people with the religion

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

聖職者, clergy
a religious leader or teacher in Buddhism, Hinduism, or Sikhism

グル, 精神的指導者
a priest or priestess serving as a mediator through whom the gods were thought to give their message in classical antiquity

神託, 占い師
a place of worship and religious study for Jews

シナゴーグ, ユダヤ教の礼拝所
a Mongolian or Tibetan Buddhist monk

ラマ, チベットまたはモンゴルの仏教僧
a priest or minister who is in charge of a church

牧師, 司祭
someone with beliefs against the doctrines of a particular religion

異端者
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

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

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

スーフィー, 祈り、瞑想、そして簡素で厳格な生活を通じて神と一体になろうとするイスラム教の一派の成員
a short moral lecture, offering advice on behavior

説教, 訓話
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

シャーマン, 呪医
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

ピューリタン, ピューリタン宗派の一員
a religious person who travels to a sacred place for a holy cause

巡礼者, 巡礼人
a person who lives a very simple life in solitude as a religious practice

隠者, 隠修士
someone who is killed because of their beliefs

殉教者, 烈士
any of the four books of the New Testament that is about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
any one of the twelve disciples of Jesus

使徒
any of the letters in the New Testament, written by the apostles

書簡, 使徒の手紙
someone who believes it is impossible to know whether God exists or not

不可知論者, 不可知論の人
someone who does not believe in the existence of God or gods

無神論者, 神を信じない人
a school of Mahayana Buddhism, originally formed in Japan, emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition rather than reading religious scripts or ritual worship

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

ブードゥー教, ブードゥー信仰
(in Christianity) the concept of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

三位一体, 聖三位一体
(Christian theology) the deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed to be brought about by faith in Christ

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

復活, 再生
the act of disrespectfully treating a sacred item or place

冒涜, 神聖を汚す行為
a mass at which people honor and pray for the soul of a dead person, especially in the Roman Catholic Church

レクイエム
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

輪廻, 転生
a statement about events that have not yet occurred but are believed to be inevitable or possible, especially one made by a divine person

予言, 預言
