Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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Religious statistics ¹ divide the population by religious affiliation. A distinction is generally drawn between the major religions ² and their principal denominations ³, rites ⁴ or sects ⁵. Persons who have no religion may describe themselves as agnostics ⁶, freethinkers ⁶ or atheists ⁶.

• 4. Rite, n. may also be used in the sense of a religious ceremony.

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