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theology
     1. n. The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general.
     2. n. An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
     3. n. (computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
holding
     1. n. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
     2. n. A determination of law made by a court.
     3. n. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
     4. n. (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences.
     5. n. (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
     6. n. (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
     7. n. (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian (m, ru, холдинг)).
     8. v. present participle of hold
           They were caught holding hands in the dark.
     hold
          1. v. To grasp or grip.
                Hold the pencil like this.
          2. v. To contain or store.
                This package holds six bottles.
          3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.:
          4. v.          To have and keep possession of something.
                        Hold my coat for me.  The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
          5. v.          To reserve.
                        Hold a table for us at 7:00.
          6. v.          To cause to wait or delay.
                        Hold the elevator.
          7. v.          To detain.
                        Hold the suspect in this cell.
          8. v.          (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
                        to hold true;  The proposition holds.
          9. v.          To keep oneself in a particular state.
                        to hold firm;  to hold opinions
          10. v.          To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
          11. v.          To bear, carry, or manage.
                        He holds himself proudly erect.  Hold your head high.
          12. v.          (intransitive, mostly, imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
          13. v.          (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
          14. v.          To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
                        to hold one's bladder;  to hold one's breath
          15. v. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.:
          16. v.          To maintain, to consider, to opine.
          17. v.          To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
                        He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.  I'll hold him to that promise.
          18. v.          To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
          19. v.          To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
          20. v.          (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
          21. v. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
          22. v. To take place, to occur.
          23. v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
                Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
          24. v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
          25. n. A grasp or grip.
                Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
          26. n. A place where animals are held for safety
          27. n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
                Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
          28. n. Something reserved or kept.
                We have a hold here for you.
          29. n. Power over someone or something.
          30. n. The ability to persist.
          31. n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
          32. n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
                He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
          33. n. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
          34. n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
                The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
          35. n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
                As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
          36. n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
          37. n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
          38. n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
          39. n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
          40. n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
          41. n. (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
          42. adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
          43. n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
                Put that in the hold.
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
incorrect
     1. adj. Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
           He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
     2. adj. Faulty or defective.
           The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
     3. adj. Inappropriate or improper.
           He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary.
religious
     1. adj. Concerning religion.
           It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
     2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion.
           I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
     3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
           I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
     4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
belief
     1. n. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
           It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
     2. n. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
           My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
           Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur.
     3. n. Something believed.
           The ancient people have a belief in many deities.
     4. n. The quality or state of believing.
           My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
     5. n. Religious faith.
           She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.
     6. n. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
           I don't want to do a no-fault divorce on my husband and steal from him under color of law. It's against my beliefs.
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