Words That Start With S

Question 1

-sis

Answer 1

a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbs abstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc.: thesis; aphesis.

Question 2

slander

Answer 2

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

comes from a Late Latin word meaning ‘scandal’ (scandalum)

Question 3

sacrament

Answer 3

a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace, in particular.
(in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches) the rites of baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, ordination, and matrimony.
(among Protestants) baptism and the Eucharist.
(in Roman Catholic use) the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the Host.
noun: Blessed Sacrament; noun: Holy Sacrament; noun: the Blessed Sacrament
“he heard Mass and received the sacrament”
a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a religious symbol.

Question 4

saint

Answer 4

a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death.
(in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches) a person formally recognized or canonized by the Church after death, who may be the object of veneration and prayers for intercession.
a person who is admired or venerated because of their virtue.
“he was considered a living saint by recipients of his generosity”
(in or alluding to biblical use) a Christian believer.
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a Mormon.
plural noun: Saints
2.
used in titles of religious saints.
“the epistles of Saint Paul”

Question 5

sanankuya

Answer 5

In addition to sanankuya relationships that are pre-established between certain ethnic or professional clans, a sanankuya relationship can also be established between any two willing participants who have “broken the ice”. Those in a sanankuya relationship may treat one another as if cousins or close family members with whom familiar jokes or humorous insults are exchanged. It is considered an essential element of Mande/West African society/and was reputedly ordained as a civic duty in the Kurukan Fuga, the oral Constitution of the Mali Empire, by Sundiata Keita in c. 1236.