conversion
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4.8
- noun
- /kənˈvɜrʒən/
:
conversión
- After the regular prayers, we said a special prayer for the conversion of Russia.
- religious conversion
- conversion to Christianity
- Christian conversion
It the immediate conversion is rare because pride gets in the way.
- It the immediate conversion is rare because pride gets in the way.
- That there is not a demand for the conversion of the population to Islam.
- They are on confession, repentance and conversion to God.
- And that is what was the effect of Constantine's conversion on the church.
- And that's that's baptism, that's that's conversion.
- He's, he's, he's out and he's, he's at an Abbey because he had a very interesting conversion while in prison.
- It was this story of the man hanging in the well that prompted Tolstoy's conversion.
- This is how he reportedly explains his conversion.
- On the contrary, he says, this conversion is one that is brought about for and by self consciousness itself.
Examples
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Despite the size of the population and its conversion to Christianity, people strictly adhere to the prescribed protocol.
Academic text (2008) -
- A matter of hours later you undergo some kind of religious conversion.
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Maybe I'll have a conversion experience.
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Belief and conversion are absolutely necessary for its practices to work.
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From the Orthodox perspective, conversion is both a religious and legal change in status.
Academic text (1999) -
So if you like, consider Saul's conversion in this light.
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And that is what was the effect of Constantine's conversion on the church.
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Culture change had to occur before religious conversion could occur among the Virginia Indians.
Academic text (1992) -
What was happening is I was receiving a miraculous conversion to Christianity where God was giving me a new heart.
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After several months of thoughtful reflection, she finally embraced her conversion to Buddhism.
Synonyms
∞
1.1
A time when something becomes different
19
6.1
A deep spiritual change that makes a person start a new life
1
7.7
A deep change in the way a person lives after a spiritual awakening
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.8
A condition where emotional stress causes loss of movement or feeling without a medical cause
- Specialized
1
4.0
A number used to multiply an amount in one unit to get the same amount in another unit
- Archaic
1
9.3
Bodily problems like paralysis or blindness that come from emotional stress and have no physical cause
- Specialized
1
3.6
To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system
- Archaic
A condition where strong emotions cause physical symptoms without a medical cause
A change in religion near the end of someone's life, often adopting a new faith
How Committed
39
3.9
56
4.8
829
3.3
49
3.3
318
2.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conversion comes from the same root as convert, from the Latin parts con- and vertere meaning 'together' and 'to turn'. So a religious conversion is a 'turning' from one belief to another, a deep change in what someone believes.