(Christianity) The gift of the Holy Spirit. / (Christianity) Tribulation endured as spiritual discipline. / (Christianity) Martyrdom by immolation.

timid people considered as a group

(idiomatic) To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant; a perceived ability to see in all directions at once.

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

Unique, singular, sui generis.

A peninsula. / An island.

As though stating a fact. / As though the situation is normal and not unusual; not dramatically or fancifully.

Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.

(simile, informal) Of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.

(idiomatic) (originally) by the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.