Statistics for Religion Vocabulary

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Definition	Word	% Correct
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost, collectively	Trinity	91%
Indian religious belief roughly described as "what goes around comes around"	Karma	90%
Catholic official who votes to elect the pope and often wears red	Cardinal	85%
The 9th month of the Islamic calendar, a month of fasting	Ramadan	78%
Idea that the soul will move to another body after death	Reincarnation	78%
Place of purification before acceptance to heaven	Purgatory	75%
Islamic concept that can mean "struggle" or "holy war"	Jihad	74%
Belief that there is only one god	Monotheism	73%
Pilgrimage to Mecca	Hajj	72%
State of enlightenment and liberation from desire in Buddhism	Nirvana	59%
Seven-branched candle holder which is a symbol of the Jewish faith	Menorah	56%
To officially declare someone to be a Catholic saint	{Canon}ize	54%
Person who is not a member of the clergy	{Lay}person	54%
The promised savior of the Jews	Messiah	51%
Place for unbaptized babies, neither heaven nor hell	Limbo	43%
A sacred image used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity	Icon	42%
Honorific title given to a respected member of a Tibetan Buddhism monastery	Lama	41%
Priest caste in Hindu society	Brahmin	39%
The event when righteous Christians will ascend to heaven, prior to the tribulation	Rapture	37%
Official edict from the pope	Bull	32%
The mercy of God that we have done nothing to earn	Grace	31%
Doubt-provoking Zen statement or question such as "what is the sound of one hand clapping"	Kōan	9%