(n.) The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.
(n.) Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.
(n.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.
(n.) Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct.
Example Sentences:
(1) The feedback I have had reveals how accepting people are of different cultures and religions.
(2) She is not: "Religion has nothing to do with spirituality."
(3) To organise society as an individualistic war of one against another was barbaric, while the other models, slavishly following the rules of one religion or one supreme leader, denied freedom.
(4) Chapter three Administration of the camps The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
(5) He is also an active member of the Unitarian church, having returned to religion after the birth of his children.
(6) But perhaps the most striking example of how differently much of the world sees London – and the importance of religion – from the way the city plainly sees itself came from the US, where Donald Trump caused uproar with a call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
(7) The concept of a head of state as a "defender" of any sort of faith is uncomfortable in an age when religion is again acquiring a habit of militancy.
(8) In many of the special nursing homes for aged, not a few aged women practiced activities uniquely associated with traditional religion on strongly reflecting the fact that endemic religion is deeply embedded in their thinking.
(9) And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations – to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God.
(10) "Whether Jain or Sikh or Buddhist or Sufi or Zoroastrian or Jewish or Muslim or Baptist or Hindu or Catholic or Baha'i or Animist or any other mainstream or minor religion or movement, we are taught as a tolerant society to accept a diversity of ideologies.
(11) It quickly became evident that there was an opportunity to take the idea beyond a one-off event between Anglicans and Catholics and reach out to other religions, like the Muslim community.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The St Peter’s XI practise under the Vatican flag.
(12) He said the planned commission on multiculturalism would not threaten anyone's culture or religion.
(13) But flat-out discrimination based on religion or ethnicity or country of origin has never served us well.” The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has welcomed Trump’s move, but questioned what Turnbull had to give to secure the new administration’s backing for the refugee resettlement agreement.
(14) While there was a slight tendency for responses to be affected by socioeconomic status and religion, the results were not statistically significant, as was true for the level of injury to the child.
(15) They may be considered blasphemous by some, but banning speech based on criticism or so-called defamation of religion is incompatible with international human rights standards.
(16) 'If they want a war of religions, we are ready,' Hassan Sharaf, an imam in Nablus, said in his sermon.
(17) Central to the whole project was a patient fascination with religion, represented, in particular, in his attempt to understand the revolutionary power of puritanism.
(18) Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic treatment seems to be close to the jewish religion.
(19) All of this has been accompanied by ideological tightening across academia, religion, even state media and officialdom itself: a sort of sterilisation of the environment.
(20) Some of this stems from confusing spirituality with religion.
Sage
Definition:
(n.) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(n.) The sagebrush.
(superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
(superl.) Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
(superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.
(n.) A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
Example Sentences:
(1) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
(2) Sage did not suffer fools gladly, and often the world seemed increasingly full of them.
(3) "The economy has lost X billion pounds", pronounces some sage.
(4) Jeremy Corbyn is the main reason I’m not sure about the whole thing anymore,” said Sage, a freelance illustrator.
(5) Sage Kotsenburg loves snowboarding for all its unexpected surprises.
(6) Eleven women patients completed the SAGE on two occasions, three months apart.
(7) The Shakespearian critic and scholar, Nicholas Brooke, who had taught Sage at Durham, was also there, as was the writer, Jonathan Raban.
(8) When this happens, it is tempting to nod sagely and feign comprehension.
(9) Reconstructions with 53 organism-antimicrobial combinations were performed at 0, 4, 8, and 24 h in which the FLORA-STAT system was compared with two boric acid-based systems (Urine C&S Transport Kit [Becton Dickinson VACUTAINER Systems, Rutherford, N.J.]; Sage Urine Collection Kit for Culture [Sage Products, Inc., Cary, Ill.]) and untreated urine.
(10) The most active were oak bark, sage and St. John's wort grass WAG extracts, horse radish root and leaf AG extracts, celandine grass WA extract; bur marigold and yarrow grass WA extracts were active towards S. aureus.
(11) Hobsbawm, being a sage member of the Communist Party, warned against their utopianism, but I took to them like a fish to water.
(12) The geranyl and linalyl precursors were shown to be mutually competitive substrates (inhibitors) of the relevant cyclization enzymes isolated from Salvia officinalis (sage) and Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) by the mixed substrate analysis method, demonstrating that isomerization and cyclization take place at the same active site.
(13) Sage Gateshead, 4–7 July Troilus and Cressida Multimedia magician Elizabeth LeCompte from New York's the Wooster Group takes on this most problematic of problem comedies.
(14) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(15) If an Orthodox teacher or social worker were to follows the sages' ruling, they would be breaking the law.
(16) At its meeting in July 1988, the Scientific Advisory Group of Experts of the Programme for Vaccine Development (SAGE) concluded that it was appropriate to discuss the general topic of live vectors and proceeded to arrange a meeting to discuss the present position and to prepare a report on the following key issues: requirements for safety and efficacy; immunological factors which may influence efficacy; medical constraints on use.
(17) As panic spread, and Britain's own financial institutions came under massive pressure, the man who had for 12 consecutive months been warning of just this sort of crisis turned overnight from lonely maverick into sage with the crystal ball.
(18) So I'm treating you, in this situation, like a sage, like you have all the answers.
(19) As with so much of her work, Sage's engagement with women's writing combined passion with intelligence.
(20) All these ideas occur in Sage's dense, but not especially long, first paragraph.