He was no moralist, no Greek mystic, no Apocalyptic enthusiast, but a religious character, nay, one of the few pronouncedly typical religious characters whom we know in the early Church before Augustine.
He was not a systematic thinker; but he was more, for he was not only a religious character, but at the same time a man with an organising talent, such as has no peer in the early Church.
John Ryland), where I met no less than six clergymen of the Established Church; the conversation was wholly of a religious character, perfectly free and social.
Symbolic dances of a religious character, these Bacchic dances were the germ of the drama.
Most of the papyri that have been preserved are of a religious character.
It was a personal distinction, frequently bestowed as a reward for brave deeds, and often conferred with elaborate ceremonies, partly of a religious character.
The development of religious character is not a matter of consciously separable virtues, but is the determination of the trend and quality of the whole life.
Up until recent times, this scheme of organization was found in Australia only among the tribes where totemism was in decadence, such as the Narrinyeri, where the totem has almost no religious character at all any more.
But the fact that the things thus attached to the totem are not of a different nature from it, and consequently have a religious character, is best proved by the fact that on certain occasions they fulfil the same functions.
It is in the course of the religious ceremonies that they are employed; they are a part of the liturgy; so while the totem is a collective label, it also has a religious character.
But there are also differences in the way in which men are marked with a religious character.
Doubtless under any social conditions gatherings for merrymaking would have arisen, but, by reason of the constitution of early society, they necessarily assume a religious character.
It is probable that this ceremony had to some extent a religious character.
Their signets, and indeed those of the Assyrians generally, have a religious character.
Reed states, also, that the books he read were all of an anti-religious character.
This simple Deistic phrase, "under God," is the only utterance of a religious character to be found in that oration.
As it is the only block-book of a decidedly non-religious character, it may be ascribed to some maker of playing cards, who practised the art of engraving before it was placed under the control of the Church.
With few exceptions, the block-books are of a religious character; but the religion taught is dogmatic and doctrinal more than devotional.
Stuart writes that these beggars "lay no claim to a religious character.
It is a miniature form of Yatrakali, but without its quasi-religious character, and is intended to serve merely as a social pastime.
There are a number of other recreations of an entirely non-religious character.
The actual ceremony of marriage among the Kacharis can perhaps hardly be looked upon as of a religious character, but must be regarded as more of the nature of a social and festive gathering.
Priesthood There is no authorised priestly caste among the Kacharis, nor are Brahmins ever employed in their religious ceremonies, these latter indeed being generally of a social, and even festive, rather than a religious character.
There is perhaps nothing of a religious character about it, its main feature being a very free consumption of rice-beer, often resulting in much drunkenness.
With the exception of this manuscript and a few scattered love-songs and tales, all we have from this early period is of a religious character, viz.
But every thing of real poetical value is of a religious character; and bears too much the stamp of its age, to be relished at the present day.
His Polycraticus is worthy of a religious character; but he speaks in it of "Court Trifles" under which he places dice, music and dreams.
Whatever drama the Jews had was of a religious character.
James the First's writings were mostly of a religious character, and some of them were sufficiently ludicrous.
And as the shades of the departed fall back into mystery, we find ourselves surrounded by groups of the living, who arrange themselves under the different standards which they recognize for the religious character.
WHAT are the elements and traits of a religious character?
But indeed it is not easy to describe a religious character, nor to tell, on the moment, the combination and proportion of its virtues, nor to analyze its parts.
Early flags were almost purely of a religious character.
To this we reply-- We admit the possibility of great excitement connected with religious truth, in spite of the total absence of religious character.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "religious character" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
