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Teutonic religion
(Encyclopedia)Teutonic religion: see Germanic religion. ...Celtic religion
(Encyclopedia)Celtic religion: see druids.archangel, in religion
(Encyclopedia)archangel ärkˈānjəl [key], chief angel. They are four to seven in number. Sometimes specific functions are ascribed to them. The four best known in Christian tradition are Michael, Gabriel, Raphae...religion, freedom of
(Encyclopedia)religion, freedom of: see Constitution of the United States. ...Religion, Wars of
(Encyclopedia)Religion, Wars of, 1562–98, series of civil wars in France, also known as the Huguenot Wars. The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establis...nun, in religion
(Encyclopedia)nun: see monasticism.Paradise, in religion
(Encyclopedia)Paradise: see Eden, Garden of; heaven. ...sin, in religion
(Encyclopedia)sin, in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where there is no persona...Wenceslaus, Saint, duke of Bohemia
(Encyclopedia)Wenceslaus, Saint wĕnˈsəsləs [key], d. 929, duke of Bohemia. He was reared in the Christian faith by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla. He became duke at an early age, and during his minority his moth...Church Slavonic
(Encyclopedia)Church Slavonic, language belonging to the South Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages). Although it is still the liturgical language of m...Browse by Subject
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