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religious

/ religious /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Type of:
religionist religious person
Kinds of:
friar mendicant monk monastic Benedictine
adjective Sense 2
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
"a religious man"
"religious attitude"
Similar:
churchgoing churchlike churchly devout god-fearing pious interfaith
Opposites:
irreligious
See also:
pious
adjective satellite Sense 3
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
"religious texts"
"a nenber if a religious order"
"lords temporal and spiritual"
"spiritual leaders"
"spiritual songs"
Similar:
sacred
adjective satellite Sense 4
extremely scrupulous and conscientious
"religious in observing the rules of health"
Similar:
scrupulous
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
9
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
1
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religionist religious person friar mendicant monk monastic Benedictine churchgoing churchlike churchly devout god-fearing