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Religion
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- 1 Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief. uncountable
"Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, philosophy"
- 2 a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny wordnet
- 3 A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it. countable
"Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, philosophy"
- 4 an institution to express belief in a divine power wordnet
- 5 The way of life committed to by monks and nuns. uncountable
"The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age."
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- 6 Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them. informal, uncountable
"I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion."
- 7 Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted. countable
"At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion."
- 8 Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness. obsolete, uncountable
"Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!"
- 1 Engage in religious practice.
"On the scales below, circle the one ( + ) or (-) number which best represents your situation on both the belief and practice dimensions for each of the traditional and nontraditional forms of religioning."
- 2 Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
"To men whose minds are thus religioned, tied back to gods that never advance, there can never be any such word as progress"
- 3 To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.
"The discussion of diet and health raises the question of the importance of discussing vegetarianism in relation to the contemporary religioning of health; as Ross remarks, 'health has replaced sexuality as the new privileged discourse of bodily truth and inner essence'."
Etymology
From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”). Most likely from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- with the meanings preserved in Latin dīligere and legere (“to read repeatedly”, “to have something solely in mind”). Displaced Old English ǣfæstnes (“religion, lawfulness”).
From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”). Most likely from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- with the meanings preserved in Latin dīligere and legere (“to read repeatedly”, “to have something solely in mind”). Displaced Old English ǣfæstnes (“religion, lawfulness”).
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