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religious right en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable) Right-wing, religious (especially Christian) political movements characterized by their support of socially conservative policies.
   • However, many members of the religious right don't think prayer in public schools should be commonplace.
2. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The right for someone to practice their religion.
   • The plaintiff argued he had a religious right to wear his headdress although it reduced the effectiveness of his hard hat which is required of all persons on site.

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human right (right to practice religion) · Muslim right (political movements) · freedom of belief (right to practice religion) · Hindu right (political movements) · Jewish right (political movements) · Christian right (political movements) · civil rights (right to practice religion) · freedom of religion (right to practice religion)