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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" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | sacred | |
3. | [ adjective ] (religion) having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity | |
Examples: | "a religious man" "religious attitude" |
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Related terms: | irreligious churchgoing devout interfaith churchlike pious | |
4. | [ adjective ] extremely scrupulous and conscientious | |
Examples: | "religious in observing the rules of health" |
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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 |