Shibboleth Synonyms

shĭbə-lĭth, -lĕth
A favorite saying of a sect or political group
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. catchword
  2. slogan
  3. custom
  4. party-cry
  5. motto
  6. password
  7. phrase
  8. practice
  9. saying
  10. truism
  11. watchword

Words Related to Shibboleth

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. permis
  2. uportal
  3. kerberos

Shibboleth Sentence Examples

  • There is no single shibboleth used as a test.

  • The Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars, became a shibboleth for Reagan, the believer in Armageddon.

  • A willingness to call the Virgin Mary Theotokos is an important shibboleth for Christological orthodoxy.

  • This may be the case with those for whom homophobia has become the shibboleth of orthodoxy.

  • It became - to quote Professor Kattenbusch - the "secular" designation of the adherents of the Reformation, the shibboleth of the "liberal" ecclesiastical and theological tendencies.

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