Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
(118)S: (v) believe (accept as true; take to be true) "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
(72)S: (v) think, believe, consider, conceive (judge or regard; look upon; judge) "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
(37)S: (v) believe, trust (be confident about something) "I believe that he will come back from the war"
(10)S: (v) believe (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer) "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
S: (n) religion, faith, religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny) "he lost his faith but not his morality"
S: (adj) unclean, impure (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws) "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
S: (adj) formalistic, formalized, formalised (concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)) "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"
S: (adj) Christian (relating to or characteristic of Christianity) "Christian rites"
S: (adj) Protestant (of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism) "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
S: (adj) Episcopal, Episcopalian (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church) "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister"
S: (adj) Lutheran (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther) "Lutheran doctrines"
S: (adj) Methodist, Wesleyan (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley) "Methodist theology"
S: (adj) Mormon (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church) "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of polygamy"
S: (adj) catechismal (of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity)
S: (n) persecution (the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion))
S: (n) vigil, watch (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))
S: (n) consecration ((religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God) "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"
S: (n) meditation ((religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects))
S: (n) affirmation ((religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds))