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one of the 12 personal followers of Christ.
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any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime. |
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| a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or herreligion. |
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| any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world |
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| a minister of any religion. |
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| deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption. |
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| a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an actof religious devotion |
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| the rising of Christ after His death and burial. |
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| a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. |
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| a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer. |
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| Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam. |
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| a city in W Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad was first accepted as the supreme Prophet from Allah and where his tomb is located. |
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| a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine, into which is built the black stone believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham. Muslims turn in its direction when praying |
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