religion /ri-lijˈən/

1. Belief in, recognition of or an awakened sense of a higher unseen controlling power or powers, with the emotion and morality connected with such
2. Rites or worship
3. Any system of such belief or worship
4. Devoted fidelity
5. Monastic life
6. A monastic order
7. Protestantism (obsolete)

religˈionary adjective (rare)

Religious

1. A member of a religious order
2. A Protestant (obsolete)

religˈioner noun

1. A member of an order
2. A Protestant (obsolete)

religˈionism noun

1. Religiosity
2. Bigotry

religˈionist noun

1. A person attached to a religion
2. A bigot
3. Someone professionally engaged in religion, eg an evangelist (US)

religˈionize or religˈionise transitive verb

To imbue with religion

To make profession of being religious

religˈionless adjective

religiose /-lijˈi-ōs or -ōsˈ/ adjective

Morbidly or sentimentally religious

religiosity /-i-osˈit-i/ noun

1. Spurious or sentimental religion
2. Religious feeling

religˈious /-əs/ adjective

1. Of, concerned with, devoted to or imbued with religion
2. Scrupulous
3. Bound to a monastic life (RC)
4. Strict, very exact

A person bound by monastic vows

religˈiously adverb

religˈiousness noun

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