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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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Latest revision as of 06:56, 5 February 2010

Religious statistics  (RELIGIOUS statistics)


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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