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Dedication :: Dedication (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple..

Idolize :: Idolize (v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt..

Entellus :: Entellus (n.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.

Sacrilege :: Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses..

Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text..

Hagiologist :: Hagiologist (n.) One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable..

Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary..

Hierography :: Hierography (n.) Sacred writing.

Veda :: Veda (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature..

Disconsecrate :: Disconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

Castalian :: Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses..

Skeptical :: Skeptical (a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures..

Palmer :: Palmer (n.) A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places..

Sacramental :: Sacramental (a.) Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements..

Profane :: Profane (a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God..

Revelation :: Revelation (n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse..

Psalmodist :: Psalmodist (n.) One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.

Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance..

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