TOEFL向けの上級語彙 - Religion

the study of religions and faiths

神学

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

精神性

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

セクト

a religious leader, especially a Muslim or Christian one

聖職者

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

聖職者

a religious leader or teacher in Buddhism, Hinduism, or Sikhism

グル

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

オラクル

a religious teacher, scholar, or leader of Judaism

ラビ

a place of worship and religious study for Jews

シナゴーグ

a Mongolian or Tibetan Buddhist monk

ラマ

a revered person in South Asia regarded with love and respect

マハトマ

a priest or minister who is in charge of a church

牧師

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

a title or a way of addressing clergymen

牧師

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

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

牧師

a moral or religious speech, usually given during a church service

説教

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

ホミリー

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

a follower of Sikhism

シク教徒

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

a religious person who travels to a sacred place for a holy cause

巡礼者

(in Judaism) divinely sent king who will save the Jewish people

メシア

a person who lives a very simple life in solitude as a religious practice

隠者

someone who is killed because of their beliefs

殉教者

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

福音書

any one of the twelve disciples of Jesus

使徒

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

使徒書簡

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

someone who does not believe in the existence of God or gods

無神論者

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

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

ブードゥー

(in Christianity) the concept of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

三位一体

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

救い

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

復活

the act of disrespectfully treating a sacred item or place

神聖冒涜

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

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