01 a. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society…
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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.
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Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.“Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God.” — Milton.
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Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.“Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper.” — Shak.
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Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.“One of them is religious.” — Chaucer.
Syn.
Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.