At the pulpit Flashcards

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acolyte

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(noun) attendant, usually in a church

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apocryphal

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(adj) questionable; fake

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atonement

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(noun) compensation

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benison

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(noun) utterance of good wishes

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cloister

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(noun) secluded religious place

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covenant

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(noun) pact, promise

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crucible

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(noun) severe test or trial; retort

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dirge

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(noun) sad song

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heterodox

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(adj) heretical

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imprecation

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(noun) blasphemy

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incubus

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(noun) evil spirit

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iniquity

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(noun) sin, evil

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monastic

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(adj) with communal life

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perdition

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(noun) hell

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sacrificial

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(adj) atoning

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sacrosanct

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(adj) sacred

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seraphic

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(adj) angelic

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venial

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(adj) pardonable