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Definition

[n] a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
[adj] having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude"
[adj] concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "monks of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
[adj] extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health"
[adj] relating to or concerned with religion or spiritual things; especially dedicated to service in a religion; "a monk of a religious order"; "spiritual leaders"; "religious books"; "spiritual songs"

religious Poems and Poetry

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Synonyms

churchgoing, churchlike, churchly, devout, god-fearing, interfaith, pious, sacred, scrupulous, spiritual, spiritual

Antonyms

irreligious

See Also...

Benedictine, cenobite, coenobite, eremite, friar, mendicant, Merton, monastic, monk, nun, religionist, religious person, superior, Thomas Merton, votary

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