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Overview of noun religious

      »   The noun religious has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• religious -- (a Member1.) Member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family")
  
  2.) Member -- (an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations")
  
  member of a religious Order1.) Order -- ((often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London")
  
  2.) Order, order of magnitude -- (a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude")
  
  order who is Bound1.) Boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)
  
  2.) Boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
  
  bound by Vows1.) Vow -- (a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty")
  
  1.) Vow -- (make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again")
  
  vows of Poverty1.) Poverty, poorness, impoverishment -- (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)
  
  poverty and Chastity1.) Chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention -- (abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows))
  
  2.) Virtue, chastity, sexual morality -- (morality with respect to sexual relations)
  
  chastity and obedience)

Overview of adj religious
      »   The adj religious has 3 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• religious, Spiritual1.) Spiritual, Negro spiritual -- (a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States)
  
  1.) Religious, spiritual -- (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs")
  
  spiritual -- (Concerned1.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  2.) Concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant")
  
  concerned with Sacred1.) Sacred -- (concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music")
  
  2.) Sacred -- (worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling")
  
  sacred matters or Religion1.) Religion, faith, religious belief -- (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality")
  
  2.) Religion, faith, organized religion -- (an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him")
  
  religion or the Church1.) Church, Christian church -- (one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship)
  
  2.) Church, church building -- (a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty")
  
  church; "religious texts"; "a Member1.) Member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family")
  
  2.) Member -- (an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations")
  
  member of a religious order"; "Lords1.) Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah -- (terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God)
  
  2.) Overlord, master, lord -- (a person who has general authority over others)
  
  lords temporal and spiritual"; "Spiritual1.) Spiritual, Negro spiritual -- (a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States)
  
  1.) Religious, spiritual -- (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs")
  
  spiritual leaders"; "Spiritual1.) Spiritual, Negro spiritual -- (a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States)
  
  1.) Religious, spiritual -- (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs")
  
  spiritual songs")

• religious -- (having or Showing1.) Screening, showing, viewing -- (the display of a motion picture)
  
  2.) Display, exhibit, showing -- (something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art")
  
  showing belief in and Reverence1.) Fear, reverence, awe, veneration -- (a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God")
  
  2.) Reverence -- (a reverent mental attitude)
  
  reverence for a Deity1.) Deity, divinity, god, immortal -- (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
  
  deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude")

• religious -- (Extremely1.) Highly, extremely -- (to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting")
  
  2.) Extremely -- (to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant")
  
  extremely scrupulous and Conscientious1.) Conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous -- (characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details")
  
  2.) Conscientious -- (guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice")
  
  conscientious; "religious in Observing1.) Detect, observe, find, discover, notice -- (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint")
  
  2.) Note, observe, mention, remark -- (make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing")
  
  observing the Rules1.) Rule, regulation -- (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation")
  
  2.) Convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula -- (something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors")
  
  rules of health")

Related Terms - "Religious"

Meaning 1 of Religiousreligious

Religious1.) Religious -- (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

1.) Religious, spiritual -- (concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs")

Religious - A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience person

• Religionist1.) Religionist -- (a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot)
  
  Religionist - A person addicted to religion or a religious zealot

• Christian1.) Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)
  
  1.) Christian -- (relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites")
  
  Christian - A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination

• Non-Catholic1.) Non-Catholic -- (a religious person who is not a Catholic)
  
  Non-Catholic - A religious person who is not a Catholic

• Muslim1.) Muslim, Moslem -- (a believer in or follower of Islam)
  
  1.) Muslim, Moslem, Islamic -- (of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art")
  
  Muslim, Moslem1.) Muslim, Moslem -- (a believer in or follower of Islam)
  
  1.) Muslim, Moslem, Islamic -- (of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art")
  
  Moslem - A believer in or follower of Islam

• Buddhist1.) Buddhist -- (one who follows the teachings of Buddha)
  
  1.) Buddhist, Buddhistic -- (of or relating to or supporting Buddhism; "Buddhist sculpture")
  
  Buddhist - One who follows the teachings of Buddha

• Hindu1.) Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani -- (a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India)
  
  2.) Hindu, Hindoo -- (a person who adheres to Hinduism)
  
  Hindu, Hindoo1.) Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani -- (a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India)
  
  2.) Hindu, Hindoo -- (a person who adheres to Hinduism)
  
  Hindoo - A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

• Abstainer1.) Abstainer, ascetic -- (someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline)
  
  2.) Abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker -- (a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages)
  
  Abstainer, Ascetic1.) Abstainer, ascetic -- (someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline)
  
  1.) Ascetic, ascetical -- (pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices")
  
  Ascetic - Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

• Agnostic1.) Agnostic, doubter -- (someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something)
  
  2.) Agnostic -- (a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist))
  
  Agnostic - Someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something

• Anointer1.) Anointer -- (one who anoints as a religious ceremony)
  
  Anointer - One who anoints as a religious ceremony

• Believer1.) Believer, truster -- (a supporter who accepts something as true)
  
  2.) Believer, worshiper, worshipper -- (a person who has religious faith)
  
  Believer, Worshiper1.) Worshiper, worshipper -- (someone who admires too much to recognize faults)
  
  2.) Believer, worshiper, worshipper -- (a person who has religious faith)
  
  Worshiper, Worshipper1.) Believer, worshiper, worshipper -- (a person who has religious faith)
  
  2.) Worshiper, worshipper -- (someone who admires too much to recognize faults)
  
  Worshipper - A supporter who accepts something as true

• Celibate1.) Celibate -- (an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity)
  
  1.) Celibate, continent -- (abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests")
  
  Celibate - An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

• Churchgoer1.) Churchgoer, church member -- (a religious person who goes to church regularly)
  
  Churchgoer, Church member1.) Churchgoer, church member -- (a religious person who goes to church regularly)
  
  Church member - A religious person who goes to church regularly

• Coreligionist1.) Coreligionist -- (someone having the same religion as another person)
  
  Coreligionist - Someone having the same religion as another person

• Mandaean1.) Mandaean, Mandean -- (a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah)
  
  2.) Mandaean, Mandean -- (the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans)
  
  Mandaean, Mandean1.) Mandaean, Mandean -- (a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah)
  
  2.) Mandaean, Mandean -- (the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans)
  
  Mandean - A member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah

• Missionary1.) Missionary -- (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)
  
  2.) Missionary, missioner -- (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
  
  Missionary, Missioner1.) Missionary, missioner -- (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
  
  Missioner - Someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

• Moonie1.) Moonie -- ((offensive) a member of the Unification Church)
  
  Moonie - (offensive) a member of the Unification Church

• Oblate1.) Oblate -- (a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life)
  
  1.) Oblate, pumpkin-shaped -- (having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles)
  
  Oblate - A lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

• Nazarene1.) Nazarene, Ebionite -- (a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome)
  
  2.) Nazarene -- (an early name for any Christian)
  
  Nazarene, Ebionite1.) Nazarene, Ebionite -- (a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome)
  
  1.) Ebionite -- (of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion)
  
  Ebionite - A member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome

• Novitiate1.) Novitiate, noviciate -- (the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order))
  
  2.) Novitiate, novice -- (someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows)
  
  Novitiate, Novice1.) Novitiate, novice -- (someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows)
  
  2.) Novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate -- (someone new to a field or activity)
  
  Novice - The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

• Pagan1.) Heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel -- (a person who does not acknowledge your god)
  
  2.) Pagan -- (a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew))
  
  Pagan - A person who does not acknowledge your god

• Parsee1.) Parsee, Parsi -- (a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India)
  
  Parsee, Parsi1.) Parsee, Parsi -- (a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India)
  
  Parsi - A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India

• Penitent1.) Penitent -- ((Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor))
  
  1.) Penitent, repentant -- (feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds)
  
  Penitent - (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

• Prayer1.) Prayer, supplication -- (the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer")
  
  2.) Prayer, petition, orison -- (reverent petition to a deity)
  
  Prayer, Supplicant1.) Prayer, supplicant -- (someone who prays to God)
  
  2.) Petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester -- (one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors")
  
  Supplicant - The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"

• Prophet1.) Prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator -- (an authoritative person who divines the future)
  
  2.) Prophet -- (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
  
  Prophet - An authoritative person who divines the future

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• Religious leader1.) Religious leader -- (leader of a religious order)
  
  Religious leader - Leader of a religious order

• Sabbatarian1.) Sabbatarian -- (one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism))
  
  1.) Sabbatarian -- (pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance)
  
  Sabbatarian - One who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)

• Sacrificer1.) Sacrificer -- (a religious person who offers up a sacrifice)
  
  Sacrificer - A religious person who offers up a sacrifice

• Tritheist1.) Tritheist -- (someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods)
  
  Tritheist - Someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods

REFRENCED BY

• Eddy1.) Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy -- (founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910))
  
  2.) Eddy, twist -- (a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself)
  
  Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy1.) Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy -- (founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910))
  
  Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy1.) Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy -- (founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910))
  
  Mary Morse Baker Eddy - Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

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• Fox1.) Fox -- (alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs)
  
  2.) Dodger, fox, slyboots -- (a shifty deceptive person)
  
  Fox, George Fox1.) Fox, George Fox -- (English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691))
  
  George Fox - Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs