acolyte
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someone who helps a priest during a religious ceremony
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a religious group in the US that live in a traditional way, mainly by farming, and refuse to use modern technology
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a member of a Protestant religious group that believes that people should make their own decision to be baptised
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someone in the past whose job was to help a priest of the Church of England, especially by keeping order in the church
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a monk or a nun who is a member of a Christian religious group started by St Benedict
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the position in the Christian Church of a priest of a parish to which payment and property is connected
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a type of Protestant Christianity based on the ideas of John Calvin. Someone who believes these ideas is a Calvinist. Calvinists are often considered to have very strict moral opinions.
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the religion based on the ideas of Jesus Christ. Its followers worship in a church.
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a religion started by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 whose members think that illness should be cured through religious belief
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the Christian religion as a political or official organization, and the people who work for it
the official Christian Church in England that has the king or queen as its leader
the official Christian Church in Scotland
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a member of the Episcopal Church or of another church that developed from the Anglican Church
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a man who is a member of a particular group in the Christian religion. In the past, friars travelled around teaching people about God.
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a Christian who believes that the exact meaning of every word in the Bible is the true meaning
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Christians, especially ones who often talk about their religious beliefs. This word is used especially by people who are not religious and dislike people talking about religion.
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a member of a Christian religious group started in the US in 1872. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe it is their duty to go to people’s homes and prepare them for the time when our world will end and Jesus Christ will come to Earth for a second time.
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members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Christian religious group established in the US in 1830
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someone who is a member of a Christian church but not officially employed by it as a priest, minister etc
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a member of some Christian churches who is not a priest but who is allowed to be in charge of some religious services or some parts of them
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a woman who is a member of a Christian church but not officially employed by it as a priest, minister etc
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churches in the Church of England whose members think that personal religious beliefs are more important than ceremonies and priests. Churches in which there are a lot of complicated ceremonies are called High Church.
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a member of a Christian religious group formed in Germany in the 16th century and still active in parts of the world
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a member of a Protestant Christian church that was formed by John Wesley in the 18th century
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a member of the Unification Church. Some members of the church may consider this word offensive.
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a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, formed in the US by Joseph Smith in 1830
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a member of a type of protestant Christian church that is not the main type of church in a country
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a Christian church most of whose members live in eastern Europe and parts of Asia and Africa
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one of the people who left England and went to live in what is now the US in the early 17th century
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a member of a group of Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century
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someone who has strict moral or religious principles, and does not approve of pleasure, for example in sexual activity, entertainment, or eating and drinking
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a member of a strict English religious group of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted worship to be more simple. Many Puritans moved to America in the 17th century.
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a member of a Christian religious group called the Society of Friends, whose members avoid violence and hold simple religious services with no priests
an informal name for the Salvation Army
an international organization that teaches Christianity and helps people with problems. It is organized like an army and is famous for its bands, which play in public.
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a member of a Christian religious group whose members believe that Jesus Christ will come into the world again soon
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a US Christian religious group known for living simply in farming communities and for making wooden furniture
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an official group of church members who meet to discuss and make decisions about church issues
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someone who talks about religion on television in order to persuade people to become Christians and to give money to their organization
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a member of a Christian community of men who have promised never to speak as a way of showing their strong religious beliefs
a Christian church begun in Korea in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon
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a church that is officially supported by a country’s leaders, especially the church of england
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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