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Dissenter
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noun. An English Protestant who dissents from the Church of England
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Heretic
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Convictions
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Noun. A fixed or firm belief
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Doctrine
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Self-reliance
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noun. reliance on oneself or one's own powers.
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Independence
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Industriousness
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noun. working energetically and devotedly
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Diligence.
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Temperance
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noun. Total abstinence from temptation.
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Self-restraint
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Tenets
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noun. Any opinion, principle, etc., especially one held as true by members of a religion, group, or movement
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Belief
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Thrifty
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adjective. Practicing economical management
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Economical
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Modest
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adjective. Free from vanity.
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Humble
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Virtue
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noun. Conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles.
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Moral.
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Unembellished
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verb. To be simple and embellishment free.
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Plain
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Visionaries
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noun. given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractival idea.
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Idealist
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Pious
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adjective. Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations
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Devoted
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Idle
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adjective. Not working or active
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Still
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Pilgrimage
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noun. A journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
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Expedition
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Ethic
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noun. The body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group
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Value
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Theology
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noun. The field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe
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Faith
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Practicality
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noun. Of, pertaining to, or converned with ordinary activities, business, or work
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Common sense
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Prudence
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noun. Caution with regard to practical matters.
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Carefulness
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Theocracy
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A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler
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Utopia
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Any visionary system of political or social perfection
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Wonderland
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Conversion
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noun. Change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another
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Change
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Persecution
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noun. A program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs.
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Opression
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Fatalistic
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noun. The acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submession to fate.
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Cynical
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Dogma
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noun. An official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
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Conviction
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Secular
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adjective. Of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, sprirual, or sacred.
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Nonreligious
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