Sunday, February 20, 2011

Vocabulary entries, 02/20/2011

"Evangelical"

The OED: adjective, sense 3: "zealous in advocating or supporting a particular cause"

"Christian"

The OED: adjective, sense 1: "relating to or professing Christianity or its teachings"

"Theocracy"

The OED: noun: "a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god"

Using these words in a sentence:

"Unbeknown to many, the establishment of an evangelical Christian theocracy in the United States of America has been a foundational motivation for much of what the right wing has said and done since the 1950's."

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