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1 feast
[fi:st] 1. noun1) (a large and rich meal, usually eaten to celebrate some occasion: The king invited them to a feast in the palace.) veisla2) ((sometimes with capital) a particular day on which some (especially religious) person or event is remembered and celebrated: Today is the feast of St Stephen.) hátíð2. verb(to eat (as if) at a feast: We feasted all day.) gera sér glaðan dag -
2 ascetic
[ə'setik] 1. adjective(avoiding pleasure and comfort, especially for religious reasons: Monks lead ascetic lives.) meinlæta-2. noun(an ascetic person.) meinlætamaður- asceticism -
3 believer
noun (a person who has (especially religious) beliefs: a true believer.) trúmaður -
4 bigot
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5 confirmand
noun (a person who receives religious confirmation or is a candidate for it.) -
6 confirmed
1) (settled in a habit or way of life: a confirmed bachelor/drunkard.) varanlegur; forfallinn2) ((of a person) who has received religious confirmation.) -
7 conscientious objector
noun (a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces for moral or religious reasons.) -
8 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) venja, vani2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) viðskipti•- customarily
- customer
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9 fanatic
[fə'nætik](a person who is (too) enthusiastic about something: a religious fanatic.) ofstækismaður, öfgamaður- fanatical- fanatic
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10 order
['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
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11 puritan
['pjuəritən]1) (a person who is strict and disapproves of many kinds of enjoyment.) púrítani, siðavandur/DPstrangtrúaður maður2) (formerly, in England and America, a member of a religious group wanting to make church worship etc simpler and plainer.) púrítani• -
12 retreat
[ri'tri:t] 1. verb1) (to move back or away from a battle (usually because the enemy is winning): After a hard struggle, they were finally forced to retreat.) hörfa2) (to withdraw; to take oneself away: He retreated to the peace of his own room.) draga sig í hlé2. noun1) (the act of retreating (from a battle, danger etc): After the retreat, the soldiers rallied once more.) undanhald2) (a signal to retreat: The bugler sounded the retreat.) merki um undanhald3) ((a place to which a person can go for) a period of rest, religious meditation etc: He has gone to a retreat to pray.) athvarf
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