religião
Meaning
religion
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧li‧gi‧ão
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁe.li.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin religiōnem (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”), from relegō (“to bind back or behind”), from re- + legō (“to choose, to select; to collect, to gather”).
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