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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)

1. 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.

2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

3. 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)

1. 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.

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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.

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn?-tlo-, from *ten-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan?tra

Noun

tantra (plural tantras)

1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit ?????? (tantra). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n.tra?/
• Hyphenation: tan?tra
• Rhymes: -?ntra?

Noun

tantra m (plural tantra's)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism

   Synonym: tantrisme

Derived terms

• tantrika
• tantrisch
• tantrisme

Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn?-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tan.tra/
• Hyphenation: tàn?tra

Noun

tantra m (invariable)

1. tantra

Derived terms

• tantrico
• tantrismo

Polish

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (tantra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tan.tra/

Noun

tantra f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) tantryczny

Related terms

• (noun) tantryzm

Further reading

• tantra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tantra