religious
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman relegius, religius et al., Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō (“religion”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)
- Concerning religion.
- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- Committed to the practice of religion.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
- I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
Antonyms [edit]
- (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular
- (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious
- (highly dedicated): casual
Hyponyms [edit]
- Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, Raëlian, Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, Confucianist
Related terms [edit]
Related terms
Translations [edit]
concerning religion
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committed to the practice of religion
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highly dedicated
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Noun [edit]
religious (plural religious)
- A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
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Most common English words before 1923: father's · killed · marriage · #873: religious · allow · spent · soldiers
External links [edit]
- religious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- religious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
