RELIGIOUS

religious

(adjective) of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; “the religious or regular clergy conducts the service”

religious

(adjective) having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; “a religious man”; “religious attitude”

religious, spiritual

(adjective) concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; “religious texts”; “a member of a religious order”; “lords temporal and spiritual”; “spiritual leaders”; “spiritual songs”

religious

(adjective) extremely scrupulous and conscientious; “religious in observing the rules of health”

religious

(noun) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)

Concerning religion.

Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

Antonyms

• (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic

• (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious

• (highly dedicated): casual

Noun

religious (plural religious or religiouses)

A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.

Hyponyms

• Baha'i

• Buddhist

• Confucianist

• Druid

• Eckist

• Hindu

• Jain

• Jew

• LaVeyan Satanist

• Muslim

• New Ager

• Rastafarian

• Raëlian

• Scientologist

• Sikh

• Taoist

• Taoist

• Thelemite

• Unitarian Universalist

• Wiccan

• Zoroastrian

• humanist

• pagan

• reconstructionist

• spiritist

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*li"gious (r-lj"s), a. Etym: [OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.]

1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. Milton.

2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God. Mlton

3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. Shak.

4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer.

Syn.

– Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.

Re*li"gious, n.

Definition: A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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