religious school
Parochial education institution
A religious school is an educational institution affiliated with a particular faith, where religious instruction accompanies standard academic subjects.
Such schools range from elementary through university level and may be run by churches, synagogues, mosques, or other religious organizations: She attended Catholic school through eighth grade.
The term covers everything from parochial schools to yeshivas to madrasas.
Clergy training college
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- madrasaMuslim religious school
- Bible collegeInstitution teaching sacred texts
- academyInstitution of learning
Religious teaching guide
- theologyStudy of the divine
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- biblical studiesAcademic analysis of scripture
Talmud · homiletics · canon law · ecclesiology · church history · apologetics · ethics · sacred texts
Address to deity
- chapelSmall worship room
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- devotionsReligious worship practices
- vespersEvening devotional service
mass · meditation · chanting · morning assembly · retreat · confession · fasting · scripture reading
Dedicated career path
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- missionary workReligious conversion efforts abroad
Those receiving instruction
- teachersThose who instruct students
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- seminariansThose preparing for ordination
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
chaplain · rector · dean · faculty · classmates · alumni · congregation · mentors
seminary
Clergy training college
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- madrasaMuslim religious school
- Bible collegeInstitution teaching sacred texts
catechism
Religious teaching guide
- theologyStudy of the divine
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
biblical studies · Talmud · homiletics · canon law · ecclesiology · church history · apologetics · ethics · sacred texts
prayer
Address to deity
vespers · mass · meditation · chanting · morning assembly · retreat · confession · fasting · scripture reading · hymns
vocation
Dedicated career path
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
missionary work · spiritual development · discipleship · service · evangelism
students
Those receiving instruction
- teachersThose who instruct students
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- seminariansThose preparing for ordination
novices · chaplain · rector · dean · faculty · classmates · alumni · congregation · mentors · spiritual directors
- schoolscollege, academy, university, preschool, kindergarten
- religious educationBible college, Bible stories, church teachings, Bible classes, CCD
- synagogue lifeShabbat services, Torah reading, Torah study, prayer services, minyan
- Orthodox JudaismTorah study, yeshiva, kosher, shabbat, Hasidic
- Jewish educationyeshiva, Hebrew, Torah study, aleph-bet, beit midrash
- educationeducation, teachers, students, learning, teaching
religious schoolsecular school
Non-denominational educational institution
public school · state school · secular education · community school · comprehensive school
religious schoolprogressive school
Institution favoring experiential learning
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