religious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒəs/ weak vowel merger
- /ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/ weak vowel distinction
- /ɹəˈləd͡ʒəs/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux.
Meanings
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Concerning religion.
It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2014, pages 219–257:All U.S. states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from getting certain vaccines. Most also allow exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.
2025 February 14, Collin Binkley, “Trump calls for withholding federal money from schools and colleges that require COVID vaccines”, in Associated Press:The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
1787 September 17, Constitutional Convention, Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia, page 4:
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Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
I was much less religious as a teenager than I am now.
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Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
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Belonging or pertaining to a religious order.
From the 1450s onward it was possible for a religious to have included in his dispensation a clause that allowed him, once beneficed, to wear the garb of a secular priest provided he wore his religious habit underneath.
2002 May 16, F. Donald Logan, Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240-1540, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 61:Near-synonym: monastic
The religious vows are either simple or solemn. Vows are solemn according to the more common opinion, not, for instance, because of any solemnity attending the making of them, but because of the will of the Church.
1878, James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast, The American Catholic Quarterly Review, page 236:The religious priest lives his priesthood vocation within the religious congregation to which he belongs. He may serve within a parish or another institution, such as a school or a hospital. Unlike the diocesan priest, the religious priest develops his identity from the charism of the religious order and finds his community with the members of that order.
2001, John P. Mack, Priests: An Inside Look, Saint Mary's Press, →ISBN, page 28:religious brother
religious clergy
religious sister
religious priest
Divergence in religious rule and observance for women within the Franciscan order undoubtedly complicated the assimilation of the Irish Poor Clare sisters within Spanish convents.
2022 October 18, Bronagh Ann McShane, Irish Women in Religious Orders, 1530-1700: Suppression, Migration and Reintegration, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 208:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more religious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most religious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
secular (antonym(s) of “pertaining to a religious order”) · areligious (antonym(s) of “committed to religion”) · atheistic (antonym(s) of “concerning religion”) · irreligious (antonym(s) of “committed to religion”) · antonym(s) of · profane (antonym(s) of “concerning religion”) · diocesan (antonym(s) of “pertaining to a religious order”) · secular (antonym(s) of “concerning religion”) · irreligious (antonym(s) of “concerning religion”) · secular
Coordinates
Deriveds
politicoreligious · religious tourism · suprareligious · religious institute · pro-religious · postreligious · hyporeligious · religiouslike · quasi-religious · ultrareligious · religiousness · non-religious · religious toleration · religious naturalist · misreligious · religious police · religious priest · religious studies · religiously · religious service · criminal religious movement · prereligious · magicoreligious · pseudo-religious · religious naturalism · ethnoreligious · superreligious · religious pluralism · religious liberty · parareligious · religious humanism · monoreligious · unreligious · paleoreligious · religious order · hyperreligious · religious education · intrareligious · anti-religious · overreligious · religious right · multireligious · religious humanist · aletho-religious · religious none · religious freedom · socioreligious · military-religious · irreligious · neoreligious · medicoreligious · new religious movement · inter-religious · pseudoreligious · semireligious · interreligious · proreligious · ethico-religious · scientifico-religious · ethno-religious · antireligious · areligious · nonreligious · protoreligious · religious text · religiousy · ethicoreligious · religious leader · quasireligious · alethoreligious
Hyponyms
Buddhist · Raëlian · Jewish · LaVeyan Satanist · Muslim · Baháʼí · Jain · humanist · Eckist · Hindu · reconstructionist · Sikh · Thelemite · Druidic · Taoist · Unitarian Universalist · New Ager · Rastafarian · Confucianist · pagan · Zoroastrian · Wiccan · spiritist · Scientologist
Relateds
pseudo-religion · interreligiosity · hyporeligion · nonreligiousness · aletho-religion · pro-religion · quasi-religion · coreligionist · irreligion · antireligion · religion · religionism · religionize · hyperreligion · prereligion · nonreligion · irreligiously · paleoreligion · neoreligion · alethoreligion · hyperreligiosity · para-religion · areligiosity · antireligiosity · co-religionist · postreligion · irreligiousness · irreligiosity · religionist · pseudoreligion · subreligion · interreligiously · religionless · religiosity · proreligiosity · parareligion · religionise · superreligion · proreligion · religion-specific · metareligion · hyporeligiosity · quasireligion · anti-religion · nonreligiosity · post-religion · pre-religion · quasireligiosity
Synonyms
Translations (124)
af religieus (committed to the practice of religion) · pdt fromm (committed to the practice of religion) · hu vallásos (committed to the practice of religion) · bg религио́зен (committed to the practice of religion) · az dini (concerning religion) · fr religieux (concerning religion) · hi धार्मिक (concerning religion) · vi tôn giáo (concerning religion) · tr dini (concerning religion) · fi uskonnollinen (concerning religion) · nrf r'ligieux (committed to the practice of religion) · ar مُتَدَيِّنٌ (committed to the practice of religion) · fr religieux (committed to the practice of religion) · ga diaganta (committed to the practice of religion) · nl godsdienstig (committed to the practice of religion) · uk релігі́йний (concerning religion) · es religioso (committed to the practice of religion) · af godsdienstig (belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation) · cmn 信仰的 (committed to the practice of religion) · cy crefyddol (concerning religion) · fr religieux (belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation) · sh rèlīgījskī (concerning religion) · uk релігійний (committed to the practice of religion) · it religioso (concerning religion) · da religiøs (concerning religion) · hu megrögzött (highly dedicated) · id agamawi (concerning religion) · alt кудайлу (concerning religion) · hi धार्मिक (committed to the practice of religion) · af religieus (concerning religion) · de religiös (concerning religion) · be ве́руючы (committed to the practice of religion) · sh rèlīgījskī (committed to the practice of religion) · mr धार्मिक (committed to the practice of religion) · pt religioso (concerning religion) · he דָּתִי (committed to the practice of religion) · fi fanaattinen (highly dedicated) · hu vallási (concerning religion) · hy հավատացյալ (committed to the practice of religion) · be рэлігі́йны (committed to the practice of religion) · ru религио́зный (committed to the practice of religion) · ar دِينِيّ (concerning religion) · mi whakapono (committed to the practice of religion) · la religiōsus (concerning religion) · hy կրոնական (concerning religion) · de religiös (committed to the practice of religion) · gu ધાર્મિક (committed to the practice of religion) · tr dinsel (concerning religion) · kk діни (concerning religion) · ast relixosu (concerning religion) · be рэлігі́йны (concerning religion) · tr inançlı (committed to the practice of religion) · mr धार्मिक (concerning religion) · nrf r'ligieux (concerning religion) · id agamis (committed to the practice of religion) · lv reliģisks (concerning religion) · lv reliģiozs (committed to the practice of religion) · tr dinî (concerning religion) · ckb دینی (concerning religion) · sh vjèrskī (committed to the practice of religion) · cs náboženský (concerning religion) · uk ві́руючий (committed to the practice of religion) · id religius (concerning religion) · af godsdienstig (committed to the practice of religion) · sv religiös (committed to the practice of religion) · ky динчил (committed to the practice of religion) · el θρήσκος (concerning religion) · cs religiózní (committed to the practice of religion) · af religieus (highly dedicated) · pl religijny (concerning religion) · gl relixioso (highly dedicated) · af religieus (belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation) · fa دیندار (committed to the practice of religion) · fi uskonnollinen (committed to the practice of religion) · af godsdienstig (concerning religion) · vi sùng đạo (committed to the practice of religion) · gd cràbhach (committed to the practice of religion) · ro religios (concerning religion) · ru религио́зный (concerning religion) · mt reliġjuż (committed to the practice of religion) · vi mộ đạo (committed to the practice of religion) · ca religiós (committed to the practice of religion) · it religioso (committed to the practice of religion) · ast relixosu (committed to the practice of religion) · ms keagamaan (concerning religion) · ky диний (concerning religion) · gl relixioso (committed to the practice of religion) · cmn 篤信宗教的 /笃信宗教的 (committed to the practice of religion) · bg верски (concerning religion) · ko 종교적 (concerning religion) · uz diniy (concerning religion) · da religiøs (highly dedicated) · mt reliġjuż (concerning religion) · az dindar (committed to the practice of religion) · da religiøs (committed to the practice of religion) · bg религио́зен (concerning religion) · pt religioso (committed to the practice of religion) · lb reliéis (concerning religion) · gl relixioso (concerning religion) · cmn 宗教 (concerning religion) · bg вя́рващ (committed to the practice of religion) · ang ǣfæst (concerning religion) · no religiøs (committed to the practice of religion) · nl religieus (committed to the practice of religion) · ru ве́рующий (committed to the practice of religion) · bn ধার্মিক (committed to the practice of religion) · fi uskollinen (highly dedicated) · ug دىنىي (concerning religion) · sh vjèrskī (concerning religion) · de gläubig (committed to the practice of religion) · ga cráifeach (committed to the practice of religion) · es religioso (concerning religion) · sv religiös (concerning religion) · id keagamaan (concerning religion) · tr dindar (committed to the practice of religion) · ja 信仰的 (committed to the practice of religion) · nl religieus (concerning religion) · fa دینی (concerning religion) · oc religiós (concerning religion) · ja 宗教的 (concerning religion) · ca religiós (concerning religion) · fa مذهبی (committed to the practice of religion) · eo religia (concerning religion) · ar دَيِّنٌ (committed to the practice of religion)