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Recent Examples of semireligious
Even at the Tokyo Games last summer, visitors in somewhat looser pandemic protocols enjoyed the semireligious privilege of entering the city’s ubiquitous, and surprisingly tasty, convenience stores.
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New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semireligious
Adjective
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Mardi Gras is truly a global phenomenon and every celebration is different, even if they are all tied to the liturgical calendar and the same principal of wild revelry.—
Jenny Adams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many of those who expressed the greatest outrage at these liturgical restrictions are part of or allied with camps on the Catholic right crusading against liberalism in secular society and government.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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With Lottie as their shaman, the girls and Travis (Kevin Alves) practiced tuning into their surroundings, engaging in casual sacrifices (a few drops of blood or dead birds here and there), and ultimately creating a ritual way to hunt, kill, and eat one of their own while food ran scarce.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2025
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Those who buried her covered her body in ochre obtained from a location outside of the cave as a kind of ritual offering.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Nov. 2018
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“Semireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semireligious. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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