托福高级词汇 - 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

灵性, 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

教派, 邪教

a religious leader, especially a Muslim or Christian one

神职人员, 宗教领袖

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

神职人员, 教士

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

古鲁, 老师

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

神谕, 神谕（祭司/女祭司）

a religious teacher, scholar, or leader of Judaism

拉比

a place of worship and religious study for Jews

犹太教堂, 教堂

a Mongolian or Tibetan Buddhist monk

喇嘛, 藏传佛教僧侣

a priest or minister who is in charge of a church

牧师, 神职人员

someone with beliefs against the doctrines of a particular religion

异端者

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

传教士

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

异教徒, 异教女性

a title or a way of addressing clergymen

教士, 牧师

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

苏菲

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

传教士, 讲道者

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

讲道, 布道

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

讲道

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

萨满

a follower of Sikhism

锡克教徒

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

清教徒, 清教徒女性

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

朝圣者, 女朝圣者

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

弥赛亚, 救主

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

隐士, 修道士

someone who is killed because of their beliefs

殉道者, 烈士

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

福音, 歌颂者

any one of the twelve disciples of Jesus

使徒

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

书信, 信件

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

不可知论者

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

无神论者

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, 禅宗

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

巫毒

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

三位一体, 三元

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

救赎, 拯救

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

复活, 基督的复活

the act of disrespectfully treating a sacred item or place

亵渎, 对神圣事物的亵渎

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

安魂曲, 追悼弥撒

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

轮回

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

预言, 预告