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37 Cards in this Set
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Root: Credo
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to believe
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Accredit
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authorize / certify
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Credence
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belief; acceptance
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Creditable
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deserving praise
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Credulous
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believing too easy; gullible
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Creed
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A statement of belief or principle
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Deus
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God
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Deify
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to make a god of
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Deity
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god / goddess
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Root: Divino
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to fortell
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Divine
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to fortell by supernatural means / to know by intuition or insight
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Divinity
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god or goddess / the state of being divine
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Root: Theos
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god
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Apotehosis
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Making a god of something; a glorified ideal
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Theocracy
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government by priests
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Theology
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the study of religiion
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Atheist
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a person who believes there is no god
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Pantheism
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Identifying God with nature; belief in all gods
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Pantheon
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All the gods of a people or religion
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Root: Sacer
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Sacred
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Consecrate
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to make something sacred / to dedicate something to a goal
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Excrate
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denounce as vile; to curse
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Sacrament
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Something considered to have sacred significance
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Sacrilege
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Disrespect to something regarded as sacred
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Sacrosanct
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sacred
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Root: Sanctus
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holy
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Sanctimonious
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pretending to be righteous
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Sanction
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approval / a penalty for breaking the law
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Sanctity
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godliness; holiness
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Sanctuary
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a sacred place; any place or refuge
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Hieros
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holy
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Hierarchy
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a group organized by rank
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Hieroglyphic
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Written w/ pictures to represent words / hard to read
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Expiate
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Make amends for
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Piety
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religious devotion
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Impious
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sacreligous; profane
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Pittance
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a meager portion of anything
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