Definitions for religious
rɪˈlɪdʒ əsre·li·gious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. religiousadjective

   a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience

2. religious, spiritualadjective

   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"

3. religiousadjective

   having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity

   "a religious man"; "religious attitude"

4. religiousadjective

   of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows

   "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service"

5. religiousadjective

   extremely scrupulous and conscientious

   "religious in observing the rules of health"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. religiousnoun

   A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.

2. religiousadjective

   Concerning religion.

   It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.

3. religiousadjective

   Committed to the practice of religion.

   I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.

4. religiousadjective

   Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

   I'm a religious fan of college basketball.

5. Etymology: From relegius, religius et al., religious, religieux, and their source, religiosus, from religio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RELIGIOUSadjective

   Etymology: religieux, Fr. religiosus, Lat.

   1. Pious; disposed to the duties of religion.

   It is a matter of sound consequence, that all duties are by so much the better performed, by how much the men are more religious, from whose habilities the same proceed. Hook.

   When holy and devout religious christians
   Are at their beads, ’tis hard to draw them from thence;
   So sweet is zealous contemplation! William Shakespeare.

   Their lives
   Religious titled them the sons of God. John Milton.

   2. Teaching religion.

   He God doth late and early pray,
   More of his grace than gifts to lend;
   And entertains the harmless day
   With a religious book or friend. Henry Wotton.

   3. Among the Romanists, bound by the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

   Certain fryars and religious men were moved with some zeal, to draw the people to the christian faith. George Abbot.

   France has vast numbers of ecclesiasticks, secular and religious. Joseph Addison, State of the War.

   What the protestants would call a fanatick, is in the Roman church a religious of such an order; as an English merchant in Lisbon, after some great disappointments in the world, resolved to turn capuchin. Addison.

   4. Exact; strict.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. religious

   Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, and/or public service. Religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved in sacred texts, symbols and holy places, that primarily aim to give life meaning. Religions may contain symbolic tales that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena; some followers believe these to be true stories. Traditionally, both faith and reason have been considered sources of religious beliefs.There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9,000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists, and agnostics, although many in the demographic still have various religious beliefs. A portion of the population, mostly located in Africa and Asia, are members of new religious movements. Scholars have indicated that global religiosity may be increasing due to religious countries having generally higher birth rates.The study of religion comprises a wide variety of academic disciplines, including theology, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. religious

   Religious refers to the belief in and adherence to a specific set of teachings, principles, rituals, or practices that pertain to the existence of a higher power or powers. It involves the worship and devotion towards this higher power or powers, as well as the formation of a community or group that shares these beliefs and practices. Religion typically encompasses a range of beliefs, rituals, moral codes, and traditions that guide and shape the spiritual, ethical, and social aspects of individuals or societies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Religiousadjective

   of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars

2. Religiousadjective

   possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc

3. Religiousadjective

   scrupulously faithful or exact; strict

4. Religiousadjective

   belonging to a religious order; bound by vows

5. Religiousnoun

   a person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Religious

   In the lexicon of certain branches of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox branches, religious as a noun usually refers to a member of a religious institute of monks, nuns, friars, clerics regular, or to another individual who takes the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a religious institute.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Religious

   rē-lij′us, adj. pertaining to religion: concerned with or set apart to religion, as a religious society, religious books: pious: godly: (R.C.) bound to a monastic life: strict.—n. one bound by monastic vows.—ns. Religieuse (rė-lē-zhi-ėz′), a nun; Religieux (rė-lē-zhi-ė′), a monk.—adv. Relig′iously.—n. Relig′iousness, the state of being religious.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'religious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1570

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'religious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2685

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'religious' in Adjectives Frequency: #191

How to pronounce religious?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of religious in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of religious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of religious in a Sentence

1. James Comey:

   It's a hard thing to say, but I think Robert Mueller has an emptiness inside of Robert Mueller and a hunger for affirmation that I have never seen in an adult, i think that Robert Mueller lacks external reference points, instead of making hard decisions by calling upon a religious tradition or logic or tradition or history it is all what will fill this hole, what will get me the affirmation that I need ?

2. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:

   We passed that law precisely because of this type of discrimination against people of faith, this is an attack on religious liberty and a violation of the First Amendment and state law.

3. Theodore Parker:

   Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

4. Shamima Begum:

   Yeah I knew about those things and I was OK with it. I started becoming religious just before I left. From what I heard, Islamically that is all allowed, so I was OK with it.

5. Eleanor Roosevelt:

   Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=religious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Religious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=religious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religious
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=religious
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=religious