Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɹɪ.ˈlɪ.d͡ʒəs/
Adjective
religious
- Concerning religion.
- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
- I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
- (concerning religion) irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic
- (committed to religion) areligious, irreligious
- (highly dedicated) casual
- French: religieux
- German: religiös, gläubig
- Portuguese: religioso
- Russian: религио́зный
- Spanish: religioso
- French: religieux
- German: religiös, gläubig
- Portuguese: religioso
- Russian: религио́зный
- Spanish: religioso
Noun
religious (plural religious)
- A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
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