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UK
/ɹɪlˈɪdʒəs/
]
[ US /ɹiˈɫɪdʒəs, ɹɪˈɫɪdʒəs/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈɫɪdʒəs, ɹɪˈɫɪdʒəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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extremely scrupulous and conscientious
religious in observing the rules of health -
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
lords temporal and spiritual
spiritual songs
a member of a religious order
spiritual leaders
religious texts -
of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
the religious or regular clergy conducts the service -
having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
religious attitude
a religious man
NOUN
- a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
How To Use religious In A Sentence
- The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
- For except it be treacle and mithridatum, and of late diascordium, and a few more, they tie themselves to no receipts severely and religiously. The Advancement of Learning
- ( "Emblematic of this anticlerical mindset was the tendency to" laicize "the names of locations with two words of religious significance, by contracting them into one. Cristero Rebellion: part 1 - toward the abyss
- They are also less likely to get support from strong religious or spiritual beliefs.
- It was also a noteworthy echo of a speech Sarkozy himself made last December, when he called for a "positive laicity" and suggested that the state could ultimately grant subsidies to religious groups. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- Monks from the various orders in Europe had flocked to England to set up religious houses.
- Most work places have a huge manual of lists of organizations, religious, animal charities, local characteries. Latest Articles
- When my sister taught at a junior school they celebrated all the religious festivals.
- Words regarding the necessity to change the souls of human beings to effect real change in the world should not be interpreted to mean that black religious leaders were adopting a quietistic approach to civil rights.
- It's one of America's least "churched" cities, but the religious community fashioned Neighbors in Need as a response to the 1970's Boeing recession. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News