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interfaith

[ in-ter-feyth ]

adjective

  1. of, operating, or occurring between persons belonging to different religions:

    an interfaith service.



interfaith

/ ˌɪntəˈfeɪθ /

adjective

  1. relating to, between, or involving different religions

    to forward interfaith relations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of interfaith1

First recorded in 1965–70; inter- + faith
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Example Sentences

Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith America, a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation.

Every year, he helped organize “Peace Together,” an interfaith walk with churches and mosques.

Such claims have gained influence with the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, with several states already having implemented anti-love jihad legislation that will, among other things, threaten interfaith marriages.

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Several years later, at a meeting of an interfaith ecological community organization in the city, sociologist Paul Stock of the University of Kansas in Lawrence and his colleague Mary Kate Dennis noticed that most of the attendees were older adults.

Most teams received either three new Christian or Muslim players to play alongside nine Christian players already on the team, thus creating a mix of interfaith teams and all-Christian teams.

One is increasing the interfaith work that many in our community employ in hopes of reaching more people of other faiths.

She strongly denied the assertion of some on the right that interfaith panel wants any mention of Islam removed from the exhibit.

Healthcare, hunger, homelessness, prison re-entry, and interfaith dialogue are all key areas plus more.

More polite pushback comes in the form of counsel to stop appearing publicly and to end interfaith dialogue.

Or the time she participated in an interfaith prayer service on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

A similar ban or check on interfaith, which often means international, marriages is found among sectarian immigrant groups.

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