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religious (iou)



religious adjective & noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman religius, Old French religious (mod. religieux) from Latin religiosus, from religio(n-) RELIGION: see -OUS.]
A. adjective.
Devoted to religion; exhibiting the spiritual or practical effects of religion, following the requirements of a religion; pious, godly, devout. ME.
J. Gross He grew up in a rigidly religious atmosphere. B. Vine Her husband was..religious in a conventional Anglican way.
Bound by vows of religion; belonging to or connected with an order bound by such vows; monastic. ME.
Addison A shaved Head, and a religious Habit.
Of the nature of, pertaining to, or concerned with religion. M16.
Day Lewis It made everything she sang sound like religious music. C. Priest There had been a renewal of religious faith.
b. Regarded as sacred. Chiefly poet. E17.
Dryden Brown with the shade of a religious wood.
Scrupulous, exact, strict, conscientious. L16.
Dickens Letters I am taking religious care of.
b. noun. Pl. same, (now rare) -es. A person devoted to a religious or monastic life; a monk; a nun. ME.
M. Spark He never would have made a religious. R. Harries Three religious were arguing about..their orders.
religiously adverb LME.
religiousness noun LME.