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English adjective: religious | |||
| 1. | religious concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | ||
| Samples | Religious texts. A member of a religious order. Lords temporal and spiritual. Spiritual leaders. Spiritual songs. | ||
| Synonyms | spiritual | ||
| Similar | sacred | ||
| Antonyms | profane, secular | ||
| 2. | religious having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity | ||
| Samples | A religious man. Religious attitude. | ||
| Similar | churchgoing, churchly, devout, god-fearing, interfaith | ||
| See also | pious | ||
| Antonyms | irreligious | ||
| 3. | religious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows | ||
| Samples | The religious or regular clergy conducts the service. | ||
| Antonyms | secular | ||
| 4. | religious extremely scrupulous and conscientious | ||
| Samples | Religious in observing the rules of health. | ||
| Similar | scrupulous | ||
| Antonyms | unscrupulous | ||
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 hyponym | Merton, Thomas Merton | ||
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