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Type Words
Synonyms spiritual
Derivation religion, religiosity, religiousness


religious texts.
a member of a religious order.
Type Words
Type of religious person
Has types cenobite, coenobite, eremite, friar, jesuit, mendicant, monastic, monk, nun, benedictine, superior, votary
Type Words
Derivation religiousness


religious in observing the rules of health.
Type Words
Derivation religiousness, religion


a religious man.
religious attitude.
Type Words


the religious or regular clergy conducts the service.

Examples of religious

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Does her religious or political affiliation affect her schedule, and thus yours?
From the forbes.com
During home detention he may leave only for medical, court or religious reasons.
From the thenewstribune.com
Religious conservatives who hold great sway in the state never warmed to Romney.
From the omaha.com
To be sure, the musical is not terribly anti-Mormon or even very anti-religious.
From the kentucky.com
Urban Indians are downloading Sanskrit religious verses as cellphone ring tones.
From the washingtonpost.com
They are not calling for trading secular dictators for rule by religious guides.
From the edition.cnn.com
Managers at the company display a near-religious conviction about the GMO cause.
From the businessweek.com
This give them a statistical edge when surveys of religious knowledge are taken.
From the latimes.com
The man's religious beliefs, the court ruled, do not exempt him from state laws.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
  • Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
  • Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude"
  • Of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service"
  • Extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health"
  • By religion; "religiously inspired art"
  • "Religious" is the second single from American R&B singer R. Kelly's 2009 album, Untitled. The song was released on October 10, 2009, on R. Kelly's Youtube Channel. The single was confirmed in R. Kelly's Twitter.
  • (Religion (album)) Religion is the seventh studio album by Spear of Destiny, released by Eastworld Recordings in 1997 (see 1997 in music).
  • (Religion (episode)) Serial Experiments Lain was created as a multimedia production, including an anime, a video game, a manga, and several artbooks and soundtracks. ...