religious conviction

collocation in English

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religious
adjective
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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conviction
noun
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/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Religiousconvictionalso animated the social purity campaigns.
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Banks here seeks to restore a sense of the immense triangular tension between morality, politics andreligiousconvictionduring this era.
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In most cases, attitudes related toreligiousconvictionplayed little part, although it did contribute to the problem amongst young single women.
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All else being equal, the epistemic status of a mild and fleetingreligiousconvictionis more vulnerable to epistemic impact from diversity than a deep and abiding one.
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Religiousconvictionwas found as a reason for not using contraception almost exclusively amongst single women with unwanted births, where it accounted for 17 % of the total.
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Nonetheless, there is near the surface the lurking force ofreligiousconvictionwhich could very easily be exploited.
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If it is a matter of conscience andreligiousconviction, surely it is a matter for the religious bodies.
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Surely that is not against anyreligiousconviction.
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But it seems to me foolish and indeed dangerous to underestimate the power ofreligiousconvictionto shape the future of our world.
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That power ofreligiousconvictionneeds recognition, analysis, understanding and, if necessary, redirection.
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I am particularly grateful to those who do not share my particularreligiousconvictionbut yet see the appropriateness of this amendment.
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It is not a question of religious bias orreligiousconviction.
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He was a man ofreligiousconviction, and a statesman who toiled unceasingly for freedom and justice.
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The right of every person to follow areligiousconviction, or even none at all, must be safeguarded and respected by everyone.
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Is he assuming that it must be because of areligiousconvictionthat a nurse wishes not to take part in the operation?
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He was a man of great qualities and of infinite variety, and beneath it all of deepreligiousconviction.
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Well, this is a deeply held, long-termreligiousconvictionwhich anyone who is a member of the sects can show he holds.
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The finding was that there was a genuinereligiousconvictionwhich prevented the 19 from joining a union.
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In my case that awareness does not stem fromreligiousconviction.
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I cannot guarantee that the political obligation will correspond with thereligiousconvictionof that community.
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