religion
Meanings
Plural: religions
Noun
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- an institution to express belief in a divine power
- "he was raised in the Baptist religion"
- Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
- A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
- The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
- Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
- Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
- Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
Verb
- Engage in religious practice.
- Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
- To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”). Most likely from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- with the meanings preserved in Latin dīligere and legere (“to read repeatedly”, “to have something solely in mind”). Displaced Old English ǣfæstnes (“religion, lawfulness”).
Synonyms
;, belief, faith, organized religion, religion, religious belief, superstition, theism
Antonyms
;, antireligion, antireligiousness, antitheism, atheism, irreligion, irreligiousness, nonbelief, nonreligion, nonreligiousness, unbelief
Scrabble Score: 9
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