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religio.

supernatural constraint/taboo; obligation; sanction; worship; rite; sanctity; reverence/respect/awe/conscience/scruples; religion; order of monks/nuns (Bee);

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[rɛˈlɪ.ɡi.oː]Classical-Latin[reˈliː.d͡ʒi.o]

  1. scrupulousness, conscientious exactness

    declension-3

  2. piety, religious scruple, religious awe, superstition, strict religious observance

    declension-3

  3. scruples, conscientiousness

    declension-3

  4. religious obligation, sacred obligation

    declension-3

  5. sanctity

    declension-3

  6. an object of worship, holy thing or place

    declension-3

  7. religious offence

    declension-3
    religiōnem facere

  8. a system of religious belief, religion

    Late-Latin · declension-3
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 religio Attested in classical Latin (1st century BCE); perhaps from the unattested verb *religō (“to observe, to venerate”) + -io, which could go back (via Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”)) to Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-. Frequently used by Cicero, who alternatively linked the word with relegō. Afterwards, the word was linked (mainly by Christian authors) to religō and obligātiō. De Vaan (2008:341), too, tentatively suggests a connection to ligō (“to bind”).

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