"Superstition" is a word in ENGLISH
Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme
Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice;
extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites
not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or
practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.
The worship of a false god or gods; false religion;
religious veneration for objects.
Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in
certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens,
prognostics, or the like.
An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is
unknown or mysterious.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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Read the complete definitionScrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
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