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/rɪlˈɪdʒəs/ /rilˈɪdʒəs/ Listen

adjective

Religious adj.

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."

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

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

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

Synonyms: Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.

noun

Religious n. 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.

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Etymology of 'Religious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... sites are often vary shallow, and when they occur in the open country are liable to be disturbed by ploughing, when the smaller statuettes and terra-cotta figures may be turned up in considerable numbers. As most of our knowledge of the sculpture, as well as of the religious observances, of ancient Cyprus is derived from such sites, all such indications should be reported at once to the Keeper of Antiquities, and arrangements made for the site to be examined with a view to excavation before it is cultivated further. The sculpture on these sites begins usually in ...

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... what you think. It's Easter time or some such thing at home. They all return to the home planet and stay there for about thirty days in the spring. Religious festival." ...

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— The Shih King • James Legge

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