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satanism

English

Noun

(wikipedia) (Wikipedia) (LaVeyan Satanism)
  • Worship of Satan (usually synonymous with "the Devil").
  • Religious groups that follow Satanism include Luciferians and Laveyans .
  • A profession, philosophy, or ideological construct featuring a positive, admirable, or useful association to the figure, character or entity known as 'Satan'.
  • LaVeyan Satanism.
  • Hyponyms

    * LaVeyan Satanism, Luciferian, LaVeyanism

    Usage notes

    * Satanism is not always capitalized in all senses. * Self-identified Satanists typically use the term Satanism'' in senses 3 and 4, and use the terms ''Satanic'' and ''Satanist analogously.

    See also

    * satanic, Satanic * satanist, Satanist

    christianity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity . Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • * 2002 , The Atlas of Great Jewish Communities: A Voyage Through History , page 27:
  • As a result, Christianity developed as a separate religion from Judaism.
  • Christendom
  • Hypernyms

    * religion, monotheism, Abrahamism

    Synonyms

    * Christianism

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * muscular Christianity

    See also

    * Christian * (wikipedia) * English eponyms