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English adjective: religious

1. religious concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church


SamplesReligious texts.
A member of a religious order.
Lords temporal and spiritual.
Spiritual leaders.
Spiritual songs.


Synonymsspiritual


Similarsacred


Antonymsprofane, secular

2. religious having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity


SamplesA religious man.
Religious attitude.


Similarchurchgoing, churchly, devout, god-fearing, interfaith


See alsopious


Antonymsirreligious

3. religious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows


SamplesThe religious or regular clergy conducts the service.


Antonymssecular

4. religious extremely scrupulous and conscientious


SamplesReligious in observing the rules of health.


Similarscrupulous


Antonymsunscrupulous


English noun: religious

1. religious (person) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience


Broader (hypernym)religious person


Narrower (hyponym)Benedictine, cenobite, coenobite, eremite, friar, Jesuit, mendicant, monastic, monk, nun, superior, votary


Instance hyponymMerton, Thomas Merton









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