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REVEALED RELIGION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does revealed religion mean?
• REVEALED RELIGION (noun)
The noun REVEALED RELIGION has 1 sense:
1. a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
Familiarity information: REVEALED RELIGION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("revealed religion" is a kind of...):
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Context examples
It is my analysis of the documents found in the Coptic monasteries of Syria and Egypt, a work which will cut deep at the very foundation of revealed religion.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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