religious

Speech parts

1. religious - Noun

2. religious - Adjective

3. religious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.

Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

holy godly spiritual pious devout conscientious devotional orthodox scriptural faithful biblical observant saintly sanctified prayerful
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Antonyms

secular irreligious profane atheistic gentile godless
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Hypernyms

religious person

Hyponyms

jesuit benedictine friar superior monk monastic

Phrases with the word

religious tolerance religious right religious leader religious freedom religious belief are you religious

Examples

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic. Ludwig Wittgenstein

I hope I never get so old I get religious. Ingmar Bergman

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. Rita Rudner

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Isaac Bashevis Singer

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. Robert F. Kennedy

When the devil grows old he turns religious. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

religiosity religiospiritual religiotheological religious activities religious affiliation religious artist