religion
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Its association with the divine has carried into the present day: Nearly every major religion uses gold to connote holy objects and spaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"It becomes very dark when religion is used to justify immoral behaviour... using religion to justify especially dropping bombs is contradicting what the faith is about," says Bishop Strickland.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
While these values don’t have to come from religion, they have to be found somewhere and practiced assiduously.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Yet over the recent Easter period, which is sacred to Christians, Trump has made a series of eye-opening posts when it comes to religion.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
By the eleventh century CE, Christianity in the form of Catholicism was the dominant religion in Europe, and church leaders held a great deal of political power.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing religion
The Origins of Civilization, Lessons 3–5
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