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religiously, adv.|rɪˈlɪdʒəslɪ|
[f. religious a. + -ly2.]
In a religious manner.
1. a. With religious feeling or conduct; in accordance with the principles of religion; piously, reverently, devoutly.
1382Wyclif 2 Macc. xii. 43 Wele and religiously bythenkynge of aȝein rysyng. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. iii. 6 At þe day of dome, it shal not be asked..what good we haue seide, but hou religiously we haue lyued. 1538Starkey England i. i. 13 They relygyously worschyppyd and honowryd the name of God. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 153 Sir you haue done this in the feare of God very religiously. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage iii. x. (1614) 294 In their Fast or Lent they abstaine very religiously. 1687Boyle Martyrd. Theodora viii. (1703) 110 The first of those who are recorded to have religiously deceased. 1744Berkeley Siris §183 In old Rome the eternal fire was religiously kept by virgins. 1853Lynch Self-Improv. ii. 32 People who would find a religion must seek it religiously.
transf.1600Weakest goeth to Wall (1618) G iij b, Lady, I affirme it constantly, I love the gentleman religiously.
Comb.1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair i. i. Wks. (Rtldg.) 312/1, I would be satisfied from you, religiously-wise, whether a widow [etc.].
†b. Solemnly, ceremoniously. Obs.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 96, I protest vnfainedly, and promise religiously, that I will be wholy in your iurisdiction. 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 140, I,..from Pope Innocent the Legate heere, Doe in his name religiously demand [etc.]. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §94. 359 Such as would not..by solemne and sacred oath religiously subscribe thereto.
†2. In the manner of a ‘religious’ person, in accordance with a monastic rule. Obs.
a1400Plowman's Tale 23 He n'as not aye in cloister pent, Ne couthe religiousliche lout. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 62 For a relygyous persone oughte to be gouerned relygyously ouer all. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 360/2 A woman which was relygyously clad, whiche was his lauender.
3. Faithfully, strictly, exactly, conscientiously, scrupulously.
1579E. K. Gloss Spenser's Sheph. Cal. June 25 The opinion of Faeries..sticketh very religiously in the myndes of some. 1605Camden Rem. 105 These distinctions of locall names..were religiously observed in Records vntill about the time of king Edward the fourth. 1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 106 Duty for Natures Bounty they repay, And her sole Laws religiously obey. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 51/1 One thing which I find the Ancients observed very religiously. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xiii. I. 385 The image of the old constitution was religiously preserved in the senate. 1846Edin. Rev. LXXXIV. 70 This legend is universally and religiously believed by the Arab Tribes. 1892G. S. Layard C. Keene iv. 80 He had religiously tramped all the way home through the deserted streets.
4. In a religious sense; from a religious point of view; with respect to religion.
1833J. H. Newman Arians v. i. (1876) 358 Their own piety enabled them to interpret expressions religiously, which were originally..evasions of the orthodox doctrine. 1834L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 90 When the [leper] was thus religiously dead, he was taken out of the town. 1842J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 314 Every minister ought to feel that he stands religiously accountable on this score. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. i. 15 The worthlessness, religiously speaking, of unfruitful knowledge.
5. Comb., as religiously-minded.
1935B. Russell Relig. & Sci. vi. 144 The sacred history related in the Bible and the elaborate theology of the ancient and mediaeval Church have become less important than formerly to most religiously minded men and women. |