| fiesta |
a festival or religious celebration in nations where Spanish is spoken. |
| gospel |
a type of heartfelt and often highly rhythmic music sung in a Christian religious service. Gospel originated in America and developed out of various traditions of folk music as well as blues. [1/4 definitions] |
| Hebrew |
Hebrew is the main language of the country of Israel. Hebrew is also used as a language in the Jewish religion. Religious books and ceremonies use Hebrew for writing and speaking. |
| hermit |
a person who lives alone and away from others. Often a person becomes a hermit in order to lead a religious life. |
| Hindu |
A Hindu is a person who believes in the religion of Hinduism or is from India and follows the traditions of Hindu culture. Hindus believe that people should try to live pure and simple lives and try not to think about just themselves and the things they want in this world. Hindus also believe that when people die, they can return to earth in the form of something else. Religious Hindus believe in many gods that are all parts of a higher god, or set of gods, named Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. |
| House of Lords |
one of the houses of the British parliament, made up of nobles and certain religious leaders. Members are not elected. |
| icon |
an image or picture of a religious figure which is itself seen as holy by some Christian churches. [1/3 definitions] |
| imam |
An imam is a religious leader in the Muslim religion. An imam guides a Muslim community in their religion and performs religious services. An imam leads the prayers that are said in a mosque. |
| marry |
When someone joins two people under the law, we say that that person marries them. Religious leaders and judges are people who often marry couples. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mass |
a religious ceremony in the Roman Catholic and certain other churches. At a Mass, people seek communion with God. |
| minister |
a person authorized to perform or help at the religious services of some religions. [1/4 definitions] |
| mission |
a group of people sent to a foreign land to set up relations and to start trade or religious work. [1/5 definitions] |
| missionary |
a person who is sent by a church or religious order to a foreign country to teach, convert, heal, or serve. |
| monk |
a man who has joined other men in a religious community and taken vows to live a simple life. |
| Muhammad |
an Arab religious leader and the person who started Islam. He lived from A.D. 570 to A.D. 632. |
| novice |
A person who is training to be a member of a religious order. [1/2 definitions] |
| nun1 |
a woman who is a member of a religious order. Nuns promise to live simply, not marry, and obey God. Many nuns live in convents. |
| pagoda |
a religious temple of Asia that has curved roof lines at each of its many stories. |
| parable |
a very short story told to teach a moral or religious lesson. |
| pastor |
A pastor is a person who performs religious services, usually in a church. A pastor performs regular services on Sundays and also performs special ceremonies such as weddings. |
| pilgrim |
someone who takes a trip to a holy place for a religious purpose. [1/2 definitions] |