religious
religious is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer.
- 3.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnostic
- agnosticism
- alien
- and
- antichristian
- antichristianity
- article
- atheism
- atheist
- atheistic
- belief
- believer
- body
- bout
- calf
- canonist
- carnal
- catholic
- collective
- community
- confession
- creed
- dechristianize
- declaration
- deism
- deist
- deistical
- denomination
- denominational
- devoutless
- disbelief
- disbelieve
- divine
- divinity
- doctrine
- doubt
- earthly
- evangelical
- faith
- faithful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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