Key terms & definitions

The Christian belief that humans are created in God's likeness and therefore possess dignity and value.

Language that creates an impression of a sensory experience, such as a sight, sound or physical sensation.

Language that evokes sensory impressions or creates pictures and associations through comparisons.

Language that creates sensory impressions, such as the sight of shining armour or the sound of battle.

Visual representations used to communicate ideas or beliefs, such as pictures and symbolic designs in religious art.

Using imagined experiences, such as picturing yourself in a calm, relaxing place, to help prepare mentally and control arousal.

The measured size of an object as it appears in a diagram, photograph or micrograph.

The dimensions of a bitmap, expressed as width × height in pixels.

An increase in confidence that an event happened after imagining it.

A religious experience perceived inwardly, such as an awareness of a divine presence or a vivid dream carrying a message.

Writing that uses invented or real experiences creatively to engage a reader, through narrative, description or a sustained character voice.

Wax portrait masks of deceased ancestors, preserved by Roman families and worn by performers representing ancestors at elaborate funerals.

The Christian teaching that humans are made in God’s image and have a distinctive relationship with God.

A Muslim leader of congregational prayer, who may also teach and guide the community.

The Shi’a belief in the divinely authorised leadership of the Imams, who preserve and explain religious guidance after Muhammad.

The Shi’a belief in the authority of divinely appointed Imams who lead and guide the Muslim community after Muhammad.

Internet Message Access Protocol: a protocol used to access and manage email stored on a mail server, retaining messages on the server for access from different devices.

A cinema system associated with large-screen presentation and specialised cameras.

The Index of Multiple Deprivation: a measure combining several dimensions of disadvantage to compare small areas. An area's result does not describe every individual living there.

Copying behaviour that has been observed.

God’s presence and activity in the world, and closeness to people.

Present and active within the world.

A change in the body that occurs during physical activity.

Remembering information straight after it has been presented.

An action taken just before, during or shortly after a hazard to save lives and meet urgent needs.

Surrounded by a fluid, either completely or with only part of the object below a liquid's surface.

A person who moves into a country to live there.

A person who has moved to another country to live or work there.

The movement of people into a country or territory to live there.

Movement into a country. UK long-term immigration statistics count people moving to the UK for at least 12 months.