religion.
Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
Meaning & usage
Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
Islam is a major religion, particularly in North Africa and Southwest Asia.
Mormonism is a new religion, while Zoroastrianism is an old one.
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.
Jack's spiritual, but he's not really into religion.
Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin relegōder.? ▲ Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Latin religōder.? Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion 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”).
Engage in religious practice.
Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin relegōder.? ▲ Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Latin religōder.? Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion 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”).
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