religious

adj
/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/US

Etymology

From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux.

  1. derived from religiōsus — “religious, superstitious, conscientious
  2. derived from religious
  3. derived from religieus
  4. inherited from religiouse

Definitions

  1. Concerning religion.

    • It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
  2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

    • I was much less religious as a teenager than I am now.
  3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

    • I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Belonging or pertaining to a religious order.

      • Near-synonym: monastic
      • religious clergy
      • religious priest
    2. A member of a religious order, congregation, or certain other forms of consecrated life,…

      A member of a religious order, congregation, or certain other forms of consecrated life, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or other religious priest.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at religious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at religious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at religious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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