religious
Concerning religion.
Example
“It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.”
Other meanings
Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
“I was much less religious as a teenager than I am now.”
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
“I'm a religious fan of college basketball.”
Related words
- religiouslike
- areligious
- criminal religious movement
- hyperreligious
- hyporeligious
- intrareligious
- irreligious
- magicoreligious
- medicoreligious
- military-religious
- misreligious
- monoreligious
Word history
From Latin "religiōsus" (religious, superstitious, conscientious).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “religious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.