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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
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
• RaĂ«lian
• Scientologist
• Sikh
• Taoist
• Taoist
• Thelemite
• Unitarian Universalist
• Wiccan
• Zoroastrian
• humanist
• pagan
• reconstructionist
• spiritist
Source: Wiktionary
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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