Religious Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one (5)
  2. 5. Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud (7)
  3. 6. Building where Christians gather to worship (6)
  4. 8. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)
  5. 9. A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on (8)
  6. 11. A group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites (9)
  7. 13. The act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in (10)
  8. 15. Holy book of Christianity (5)
  9. 16. Religious leader who leads worship (6)

Down

  1. 1. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  2. 2. Talking or listening to God (plural) (7)
  3. 3. An inhabitant of the ancient ___ Empire (plural) (6)
  4. 7. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  5. 10. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  6. 12. A sacred place of pilgrimage (4)
  7. 14. Of or relating to or supporting ___ (7)