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English Dictionary: religious	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for religious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
religious adj 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" Synonym(s): religious, spiritual having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude" Antonym(s): irreligious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service" Antonym(s): secular extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health" n a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Religious \Reli"gious\ (r?-l?j"?s), a. [OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See {Religion}.] 1. 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. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. --Milton. 2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God. --Mlton 3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. --Shak. 4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. --Chaucer. Syn: Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Religious \Re*li"gious\, n. 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. --Addison.