Thesaurus: religious

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1. a. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
2. a. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
3. a. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
4. a. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
5. n. 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.
6. adj. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
7. adj. having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
8. adj. of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
9. adj. extremely scrupulous and conscientious
10. n. a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
11. 1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. Milton. 2. 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. 4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer. Syn. -- Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact. 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.
12. A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secularconcern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk orfriar; a nun. Addison.