sikhism
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1. the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | faith, religion, religious belief, |
| definition | : | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | adi granth, granth, granth sahib, |
| definition | : | the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | khalsa, |
| definition | : | the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699 (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | guru, |
| definition | : | each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sikh, |
| definition | : | an adherent of Sikhism (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | guru nanak, nanak, |
| definition | : | Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538) (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sikh, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs (adj.pert) |
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