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jihad/dʒəˈhɑːd/
A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.
sleep/sliːp/ /slip/
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
believing/bɪˈliːvɪŋ/ /bəˈliːvɪŋ/
To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
sloughs of despond/ˈslaʊz əv dɪˈspɑnd/ /ˈslʌfs əv dɪˈspɑnd/
A state of disheartening hopelessness.
devout/dəˈvʌʊt/ /dɪˈvaʊt/
A devotee.
confide/kənˈfaɪd/
To trust, have faith (in).
holy fool/ˈhoʊli ˈfuːl/
A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.
gnosis/ˈnəʊ.sɪs/
(gnosticism) an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics
cures/kjʊərz/ /kjɔrz/
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
morningstar/ˈmɔːrnɪŋˌstɑːr/ /ˈmɔːrnɪŋstɑːr/
Lucifer, Satan, the devil.