English Explanatory Dictionary

religious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Concerning religion.
  2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
  3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
  4. Belonging or pertaining to a religious order.
noun
  1. A member of a religious order, congregation, or certain other forms of consecrated life, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or other religious priest.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ en-us-religious.ogg

Word forms

religious more religious most religious religiouses

Etymology

From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux.

Synonyms

monastic

Antonyms

irreligious profane secular atheistic areligious antonym(s) of diocesan

Related words

alethoreligion aletho-religion anti-religion antireligion antireligiosity areligiosity coreligionist co-religionist hyperreligion hyperreligiosity hyporeligion hyporeligiosity interreligiosity interreligiously irreligion irreligiosity irreligiously irreligiousness metareligion neoreligion nonreligion nonreligiosity nonreligiousness paleoreligion parareligion para-religion post-religion postreligion prereligion pre-religion proreligion pro-religion proreligiosity pseudoreligion pseudo-religion quasi-religion quasireligion quasireligiosity religion religionise religionism religionist religionize religionless religion-specific religiosity subreligion superreligion

Derived words

alethoreligious aletho-religious antireligious anti-religious areligious criminal religious movement ethicoreligious ethico-religious ethno-religious ethnoreligious hyperreligious hyporeligious interreligious inter-religious intrareligious irreligious magicoreligious medicoreligious military-religious misreligious monoreligious multireligious neoreligious new religious movement nonreligious non-religious overreligious paleoreligious parareligious politicoreligious postreligious prereligious proreligious pro-religious protoreligious pseudoreligious pseudo-religious quasireligious quasi-religious religious education religious freedom religious humanism religious humanist religious institute religious leader religious liberty religiouslike religiously religious naturalism religious naturalist religiousness religious none religious order religious pluralism religious police religious priest religious right religious service religious studies religious toleration
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