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religious
English
Etymology
From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religi?sus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religi?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??.?l?.d???s/
- Rhymes: -?d??s
Adjective
religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)
- Concerning religion.
- The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
- Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
Antonyms
- (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic
- (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious
- (highly dedicated): casual
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Noun
religious (plural religious or religiouses)
- A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
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Further reading
- religious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- religious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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dedicated
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?d?ke?t?d/
Adjective
dedicated (comparative more dedicated, superlative most dedicated)
- Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
- Used or intended for a particular purpose
Derived terms
- dedicatedly
Translations
Verb
dedicated
- simple past tense and past participle of dedicate
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