religious
1. [ adjective ] (religion) relating to or concerned with religion or spiritual things; especially dedicated to service in a religion
Synonyms: spiritual
Examples:

"a monk of a religious order" "spiritual leaders" "religious books" "spiritual songs"

Related terms: religion spirit
2. [ adjective ] (religion) concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
Synonyms: spiritual
Examples:

"religious texts" "monks of a religious order" "lords temporal and spiritual" "spiritual leaders" "spiritual songs"

Related terms: sacred
3. [ adjective ] (religion) having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
Examples:

"a religious man" "religious attitude"

Related terms: irreligious churchgoing devout interfaith churchlike pious
4. [ adjective ] extremely scrupulous and conscientious
Examples:

"religious in observing the rules of health"

Related terms: scrupulous
5. [ noun ] (religion) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Related terms: religionist monk nun Jesuit superior cenobite votary Benedictine eremite merton friar
Similar spelling:   religiously
  religiousism
  religiosity