Theolexicon: list of words

A trilingual wordbook for reading religious and theological texts
Vocabulaire trilingue pour la lecture de textes religieux et thιologiques
Dreisprachiges Wφrterbuch zum Gebrauch bei der Lektόre religiφser und theologischer Texte

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

 

— A —

abbreviation – ablution – abstract – account – AD (Anno Domini) – addition – addressee – adoration – adore (to) – adultery – Advent – advent, coming – adversary – afterlife – age – agreement – allegoric(al) – allegory – alliance – all-knowing – all-powerful – almighty – alms (pl) – almsgiving – altar – analysis – ancestor – ANE (Ancient Near East) – angel – anger – anglicanism – animism – annunciation – anoint (to) – anointing – anointment – anthropology – anthropomorphism – anticlericalism – anti-Judaism – Antiquity – anti-Semitism – apocalypse – apocalypticism – apocrypha – apocryphal – apologetic(al) – apologetics – apologist – apology – apostle – apostolic(al) – apparition – appear (to) – aramaean, aramean – aramaic – aramaism – arch – archaeology – archbishop – arianism – ark – article – ascension – ascetic(al) – ascetic – asceticism – ash – assembly – atheism – atonement – attribute – author – authority – awe –

— B —

badge – ban – baptism – baptismal – baptize (to) – bathing – BC (Before Christ) – BCE (Before the Common Era) – beatitude – beatitude – beginning – behaviour – being – being – belief – believe (to) – believer – benediction – betrayal – betrayal – Bible – biblical – bibliography – biography – birth – bishop – blasphemy – bless (to) – bless (to) – blessing – blood – body – book – book content – book description – bread – breaking – break (to) – brother – brotherhood – brotherhood – build (to) – burden – burial – bury (to) –

— C —

calendar – call – call, calling – calvary – calvinism – calvinist – canon – canonicity – canticle – captivity – casket – catechesis – catechetic(al) – catechetics – catechism – catechist – catechize (to) – catechumen – catechumenate – catholic – catholic – catholicism – cave – CE (Common Era) – celebrant – celebrate (to) – celebration – celibacy – cemetery – census – century – ceremony – certainty – certificate – chapel – chaplain – chaplaincy – chapter – character – charisma(ta), charism – charismatic – charismatic – charity – charity – chastity – chiasm (chiasmus) – chosen people – Christ – christendom – christian – christian – christianity – Christmas – christocentric – christocentrism – christological – christology – chronological – chronology – Church – churchman – circumcise (to) – circumcision – cleansing – clean (to) – clergy – clergyman, clergywoman – coffin – commandment – commemorate (to) – commemoration – commentary – commentator – commitment – communion – communion – community – comparative – compassion – composition – concentric – concept – conception – conception – concordance – concordat – condemnation – conference – confess (to) – confession – confidence – confirmation – congregation – conquest – conscience – consecrate (to) – consecration – conservatism – conservative – consistory – contemplation – content – context – continence – controversy – convent – conversion – convert – convert (to) – conviction – copyist – corrupted – cosmogony – cosmology – council – Counter-Reformation – course – covenant – creation – creator – creed – crib – critical – criticism – cross – crown – crucifixion – crucify (to) – crusade – crusader – cubit – cult – cultic – culture – cuneiform – cuneiform – cup – cure – current – curse – curse (to) – cycle –

— D —

damn (to) – darkness – dating – dead – deaf – death – deed – defile (to) – defilement – deity – Deluge – demon – demythologization – denomination – denominational – denominationalism – deportation – desert – despair – deuterocanonical – deuteronomist – deuteronomistic – Devil – devout – diachronic – dialectic(s) – dialectic – dialogue – diaspora – dictionary – disciple – discourse – discovery – dispute – divination – divine – divinity – divinity – doctrinal – doctrine – dogma – dogmatic(s) – dogmatic – doom – doubt – doxology – dream – DSS (Dead Sea Scrolls) – dualism –

— E —

earth – earthly – East – eastern – Easter – ecclesial – ecclesiastic(al) – ecclesiology – ecclesiological – ecstasy – ecstatic – ecumenical(= oecumenical) – ecumenism – edification – edition – egyptology – elder – elect – elohist – elohist – end – enlightenment – entrance – epiphany – epistle – eschatology – essence – Essene – Essene – establish (to) – eternal – eternity – ethic(al) – ethics – etymological – etymology – eucharist – eucharistic – evangelical – evangelicalism – evangelist – evangelize (to) – event – evil – evil – excommunicate (to) – excommunication – exegesis – exegete – exegetical – exile – exile – exilic – existence – exodus – exorcism – experience – expiation – expiatory –

— F —

faith – faithful – faithfulness – faithless – fall – fallibility – fast – fast (to) – fate – father – fathers – fear – feast – fertility – festival – field – finitude – fire – firstcommunion – firstfruits – firstborn – flesh – flood (cf. Deluge) – food – footwashing – foreknowledge – forgive (to) – forgiveness – form – formcriticism – formula – founder – fragment – fragmentary – framework – frankincense – freedom – freemason – Freemasonry – friar – friary – fulfilment – fullness – fundamentalism – fundamentalist – funeral – funerary – furnace –

— G —

garment – genealogy – generation – genre – gentile – gift – glory – gloss – gnosis – gnostic – gnostic – gnosticism – god, God – goddess – godfather – godlessness – godmother – godparent – goodness – Gospel – grace – gracious – grave – greek – greek – guilt – guiltless – guilty –

— H —

hallow (to) – happiness – headscarf – healer – healing – heart – heathen – heathen – heathenism – heaven – heavenly – Hebraism – Hebrew – hebrew – Hebrew – heir – hell – Hellenism – Hellenistic – Hellenization – heresy – heretic – heretical – hermeneutical – hermeneutics – hierarchy – hieroglyph – hieroglyphic(al) – hierophany – highplace – Highpriest – Hinduism – historical – historicalcriticism – historicity – history – holiday – holiness – holocaust – Holocaust (the) – holy – homiletical – homiletics – homily – homosexuality – hope – hospitality – Huguenot – Huguenot – humanism – humble – humility – hymn –

— I —

icon – iconoclasm – iconoclast – iconography – idol – idolatry – image – immanence – immortality – impiety – impious – impurity – incarnation – incense – indulgences – infallibility – infidel – inheritance – iniquity – innocent – inscription – inspiration – institution – instruction – integrism – intercede (to) – intercession – interfaith – interment – interpretation – interreligious – intertextuality – intolerance – invocation – invoke (to) – Islam – Islamic – Islamism – Israelite – issue –

— J —

jealousy – Jesus – Jew – Jewish – journal – journey – joy – Judaeo-Christian – Judaism – judgment – justice – justification –

— K —

kerygma – king – kingdom – kingship – knowledge –

— L —

laicity – laity – lamb – land – language – last supper – latin – latin – law – lay – layman – leader – leaven – lectionary – lent(en) – leper – leprosy – letter – levite – libation – library – life – light – literary – liturgical – liturgy – Lord – love – love (to) – Lutheranism –

— M —

Maccabees – Maccabean – magic – manuscript – marriage – martyr – martyrdom – Masorete – masoretic – mass – Maundy Thursday – mediator – meditation – menorah – mercy – merit – message – messenger – messiah – messianic – metaphor – metaphoric(al) – method – Middle Ages – millenarian – millenarianism (millenarism) – minister – ministry – miracle – mission – missionary – monastery – monk – monotheism – monotheist – morality – mortal – mosaic – mosaic – mosque – mourn (to) – mourning – movement – Muslim (Moslem) – mystery – mystic – mystic(al) – mysticism – myth – mythic – mythological – Mythology –

— N —

narrative criticism – narratology – narrator – nation – nature – neighbour – new – news – non-believer – nun –

— O —

oath – obedience – oblation – observance – offence – offering – officiate (to) – Omnipotence – omniscience – opponent – oracle – oral tradition – ordain – order – ordination – organ – Orthodox – orthodoxy —

— P —

pagan – pal(a)eography – palimpsest – Palm Sunday – pantheon – Papacy – Papal – papyrus – parable – paradise – parallelism – parchment – pardon – parish – parochial – paschal – passage – Passion – Passover – pastor – patriarch – patristic – Pauline – peace – penance – penitence – Pentateuch – Pentecost (Whitsunday) – Pentecostal – people – perform – pericope – period – persecute (to) – persecution – Pharisee – philological – philology – philosopher – philosophy – piety – pilgrim – pilgrimage – pillar – pious – pit – pneumatology – poetry – polemic(s) – polisemy – polytheism – pontificate – pope – potter – pottery – poverty – power – practice – practice (to) – praise – praise (to) – pray (to) – prayer – preach (to) – preacher – preaching – predestination – presence – pride – priest – priesthood – priestly – profane – profane (to) – prohibition – promise – prophecy – prophesy (to) – prophet (m), prophetess (f) – prophetic – proselyte – Protestant – Protestantism – proud – proverb – providence – psalm – psalmist – psalter – Pseudepigrapha – pulpit – punishment – pure – purification – purity –

— Q —

quotation (quote) – quote (to) – Qur’an (Koran) – qur’anic –

— R —

rabbi – rabbinic(al) – racism – raise (to) – Ramadan – reader – recension – recipient – reconcile (to) – reconciliation – redaction – redactor – redeem (to) – redeemer – redemption – Reformation – reformed – reformer – reign – reign (to) – religion – religious – religious affiliation – religious assemblie – religious attitude – religious belief – religious broadcast – religious brotherhood – religious building – religious change – religious communication – religious conflict – religious confrontation – religious conservatism – religious discrimination – religious doctrine – religious education – religious emotion – religious extremism – religious feast – religious feeling – religious fundamentalism – religious geography – religious group – religious history – religious identity – religious integration – religious membership – religious militancy – religious minority – religious opinion – religious organisation – religious orthodoxy – religious participation – religious pluralism – religious renewal – religious sciences – religious socialization – religious symbol – religious insigna – remission – remnant – Renaissance – repentance – response – resurrection – resuscitate (to) – retribution – revelation – Revelation – reverence – reverend – review – revolt – righteous – righteous – righteousness – rise (to) – rite – Roman – rule – rule (to) – ruler –

— S —

Sabbath, Shabbat – sabbatic(al) – sacrament – sacred – sacrifice – sacrifice (to) – Sadducee – saint – salvation – Samaritan – sanctify (to) – sanctuary – Sanhedrin – sapiential – save (to) – saviour – schism – scholar – school – scribal – scribe – Scripture – scroll – seal – sect – secular – secularism – semitic – sense – Septuagint – sermon – servant – serve (to) – – service – shamanism – shepherd – shrine – shroud – sign – simile – sin – sin (to) – sing (to) – sinner – site – Sitz im Leben – slaughter (to) – slaughter – social – sociology – solomonic – son – song – sorcery – soteriology – soul – source – speech – spirit – spiritual – spirituality – statement – story – structural – study – style – suffering – summary – sunday – supernatural – superstition – superstitious – supper – swear (to) – syllabus – symbol – synagogal – synagogue – synchronic – syncretism – synod – synodal – synoptic – syriac – syrian – systematics – systematic –

— T —

tabernacle – table – tablet – Talmud – Talmudic – targum – teacher – teaching – temple – temptation – tenet – tent – term – testament – testimony – text – textual – Thanksgiving – theme – theodicy – theologian – Theological – theology – theophany – Throne – time – tolerance – toleration – tomb – tongue – Torah – tradition – trance – transcendence – transfiguration – transgression – translation – tree – trial – tribe – Trinity – truth – twelve – typology –

— U —

uncial – uncircumcised – unction – underworld – union – unity – universality – upright –

— V —

vanity – variant – veil – vengeance – verse – version – viaticum – virgin – virtue – vision – vocabulary – vocalization – vocation – vow –

— W —

wall – war – water – way – wealth – wedding – well – West – Western – wicked – wickedness – widow – wilderness – will – wisdom – wise – witch – witchcraft – witness – wizard – woe – woman – wonder – word – work – world – worship – worship (to) – worshipper – wrath – writing – X – xenophobia – Y – yahwism – Yahwist – year – yiddish – yoke – Z – zeal – Zealot – Zionism – Zionist – zodiac – zoroastrian – zoroastrian –

— X-Y-Z —

X – xenophobia –
Y – yahwism – Yahwist – year – yiddish – yoke –
Z – zeal – Zealot – Zionism – Zionist – zodiac – zoroastrian – zoroastrian –

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