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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Religious

Re-lĭg'ious, a.

adjective

(re-lĭj'us), a. [Lat. religiosus, It., Sp., & Pg. religioso, Pr. religios, Fr. religieux. See RELIGION.]

Sense 1. Pertaining or relating 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, &c.; religious wars.

Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. Milton.

Sense 2. Possessing, acting according to, or agreeing with, religion; pious; godly; devoted; as, a religious man, life, behavior, &c.

Their lives Religious titled them the sons of God. Milton.

Sense 3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict; dutiful.

Thus, Indian-like, Religious in my error, I adore the sun. Shak.

Synonyms—Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rigid; exact.

Re-lĭg'ious, n.

noun

(re-lĭj'us), n. A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concerns, and devoted to a life of piety and devotion; a monk or friar; a nun. [Obs.] Addison.