religion

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
2. (countable) A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
3. (uncountable) The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
4. (informal, uncountable) Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
5. (countable) Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
6. (obsolete, uncountable) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.

Verb

1. Engage in religious practice.
2. Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
3. To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

Opposite of

nonreligion, nonreligiousness, ;, nonbelief, unbelief, irreligion, irreligiousness, atheism, antitheism, antireligion, antireligiousness

Synonyms

faith

belief

doctrine

creed

attitude

worship

Islam

organized religion

denomination

cult

religious belief

caste

godliness

educate

holiness

incite

insight

instigate

instruct

loam

mass

mind

mysticism

opinion

order

piety

prayer

Protestant

sect

service

teach

theism

thought

💭

trust

urge

view

warship

ethnic minority

Heliogabalus

Christian religion

adoration

supremacism

bigot

church

⛪

clay

communion

confession

confidence

conviction

credence

Translations

religion

religione

Religion

religión

religião

religie

godsdienst

θρησκεία

religió

geloof

ol

دين

religio

din

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: religioun

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Our religion dictates our actions .

He resolved to defend the traditional polytheistic religion of Arabia .

The inhabitants of Ammonihah were followers of the religion of Nehor.