Word List / Religion & Beliefs :.
26. nunja (nŭn'jə)
- a. (n.) Personal bodyguards of the Pope; any nun trained in martial arts.
Example: "Don't get too close to the Pope, or the nunjas will attack."
27. parkma (pärk-mə)
- a. (n.) The uncanny luck of someone to be able to find a good parking spot everywhere they go.
28. pygopagan (pī-gō-pā-gən)
- a. (n.) Conjoined twins who do not practice religion or who are considered heathen or followers a polytheistic religion.
29. reintarnation (rē'ĭn-tär-nā'shən)
- a. (n.) Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
30. relicious (rĕ-lĭsh'əs)
- a. (adj.) Religiously devoted to relics, to the preservation of the past.
Examples:
Nothing in contemporary life carries meaning for him. He is a deeply relicious person, not simply nostalgic.
Some people think that Eastern Orthodox spirituality is more relicious than truly religious.
31. sacrelicious (săk'rə-lĭsh'əs)
- a. (adj.) A statement describing something that tastes delightful, yet it is sacrilegious.
Example: A Jewish Orthodox man ate pork, and exclaimed, "Sacrelicious!" for he enjoyed the pork which was forbidden for him to eat as a Jew. - b. (adj.) To go against one's relicious way of life; to devote oneself to the destruction of historical evidence.
32. slavior (slāv'yər)
- a. (n.) The prince of this world, the one who imitates the Savior and promises to save people but instead makes them slaves. Sometimes referred to as the Antichrist.
Examples:
Outwardly the distinction between Savior and slavior may be as subtle as one letter difference in their names.
For many old-believers, the slavior is already here, in our very midst, and they refuse to serve this self-appointed sovereign.
33. suzhu (sü-jü)
- a. (v.) The act of suing a Jew for wearing a yarmulke in a non-Jewish church or event, or for any other reason.
Example: John was not able to suzhu because it violated his first amendment rights.
34. tar circles (tär sûr'kəls)
- a. (n.pl.) Strange circles and other shapes found etched into a road that are sometimes believed to be created by flying saucers.
35. thictatorship (thĭktā'tər-shĭp')
- a. (n.) God, having absolute power, wins and everybody else loses, specifically in the case of religious governments. Otherwise known as theocracy.
36. Uneasytarian (ŭn-ē'zē-târ'ē-ən)
- a. (n.) Usually middle-class suburban parents who come from different religious backgrounds, Uneasytarians participate in no specific religion but have a fuzzy belief in God. Uneasytarians are distinguished by their constant guilt and waffling over whether or not to send their children to church or provide them with some sort of spiritual background.
Example: I was raised by a pair of Uneasytarians (a lapsed Catholic and a Methodist with little conviction) and they expressed constant regret that their daughter had grown up to be an atheist. "We could have taken you to church if you'd only asked!" they cried, wringing their hands.
37. unsermonizable (ŭn-sûr'mə-nīz'ə-bəl)
- a. (adj.) Possessing a resistance to religious instruction. Describing anything that can't be fit into a sermon.
38. Wiccapedia (wĭk'ə-pē'dē-ə)
- a. (n.) A Wiccan who has a lot of knowledge.
Example: MoonWolf is a real Wiccapedia! - b. (n.) /pejorative/ A Wiccan who is a know-it-all.
