Religious
[rɪ'lɪdʒəs]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience.
(adj.) of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; 'the religious or regular clergy conducts the service' .
(adj.) having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; 'a religious man'; 'religious attitude' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) extremely scrupulous and conscientious; 'religious in observing the rules of health' .
Editor: Milton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
(a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
(a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Devout, holy, godly, pious, devotional.[2]. Conscientious, scrupulous, exact, strict, rigid.
Typed by Lloyd
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pious, godly, devout, devotional, divine, holy, sacred
ANT:Impious, ungodly, undevout, sacrilegious, blasphemous, sceptical, profane
Editor: Sidney
Definition
adj. pertaining to religion: concerned with or set apart to religion as a religious society religious books: pious: godly: (R.C.) bound to a monastic life: strict.—n. one bound by monastic vows.—ns. Religieuse (rė-lē-zhi-ėz′) a nun; Religieux (rė-lē-zhi-ė′) a monk.—adv. Relig′iously.—n. Relig′iousness the state of being religious.
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the medieval period there was a religious individualism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She was jealous of him, but there was another and graver source of trouble in her passion for religious mysteries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Great numbers of his most sober and valuable subjects were driven abroad by his religious persecutions, taking arts and industries with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Call yourself a religious woman? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If such prove the case, said the master, my religious orders are soon taken--'Pax vobiscum'. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The first two weeks after her return represented to Mrs. Peniston the domestic equivalent of a religious retreat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Between 1532 and 1535 the insurgents held the town of Münster in Westphalia, and did their utmost to realize their ideas of a religious communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Religious intolerance and moral accusations are the natural weapons of the envious against the leaders of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this intimacy humanizes religious controversy and brings ecclesiasticism back to men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Thus they were willing to commit a sin against the spirit of religious law, in order that they might preserve the letter of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Some of the greatest of Jewish literature was written in Arabic, the religious writings of Maimonides, for example. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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