BrE

/'bɪʃəp/

AmE

/'bɪʃəp/

noun - a high priest

BrE

/kæp'tɪvəti/

AmE

/kæp'tɪvət̬i/

noun - the state of being a prisoner or a slave

BrE

/'kæptʃə/

AmE

/'kæptʃər/

verb - to take somebody prisoner

BrE

/kən'vɜ:t/

AmE

/kən'vɜ:rt/

verb - to change one's religion

BrE

/'kɜ:s/

AmE

/'kɜ:rs/

noun - magical words that bring bad luck to someone; a kind of magic that brings you bad luck

BrE

/'draʊn/

AmE

/'draʊn/

verb - to die by being underwater and unable to breathe, to let somebody die in this way

BrE

/'dru:ɪd/

AmE

/'dru:ɪd/

noun - a Celtic priest

BrE

/ɪs'tæblɪʃ/

AmE

/ɪs'tæblɪʃ/

verb - to set up or start an organisation, company etc.

BrE

/'həʊli 'trɪnɪti/

AmE

/'hoʊli 'trɪnɪt̬i/

noun - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

BrE

/'neɪtɪv/

AmE

/'neɪt̬ɪv/

adjective - belonging to a place by origin, being born in a particular place and belonging to it

BrE

/'peɪgən/

AmE

/'peɪgən/

adjective - of a religion that worships many gods (esp. the kind of a religion that existed before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc.)

BrE

/ˌpeɪtrən'seɪnt/

AmE

/ˌpeɪtrən'seɪnt/

noun - a holy person who is supposed to be the defender of a country or nation

BrE

/'ʃæmrɒk/

AmE

/'ʃæmrɑ:k/

noun - the three-leafed stem of a clover plant (also a symbol of Ireland)

BrE

/'sleɪvərɪ/

AmE

/'sleɪvəri/

noun - the system in which people owned slaves

BrE

/'venəməs/

AmE

/'venəməs/

adjective - very poisonous (esp. of snakes, scorpions etc.)