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'religious' in Webster

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Re*li"gious  , n. A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and
religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison.
 
Re*li"gious   (r?-l?j"?s), a. [OF. religius,
religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.]
 1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to
religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious
subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
 
Our law forbids at their religious rites
 My presence.
 Milton.
2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
Men whose lives
 Religious
titled them the sons of God.
 Mlton
 3.
Scrupulously faithful or
exact; strict.
Thus, Indianlike,
 Religious in my error, I adore
 The sun, that looks upon his worshiper.
 Shak.
4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
One of them is religious.
 Chaucer.
Syn. -- Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict;
rogod; exact.

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