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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. --Acts xvii. 22. 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n. | |
