Religious(a.)
- 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.
Religious(a.)
- Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
Religious(a.)
- Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
Religious(a.)
- Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
Religious(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.