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n. (person) | 1. religious | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience. |
| ~ religious person | a person who manifests devotion to a deity. |
| ~ friar, mendicant | a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms. |
| ~ monastic, monk | a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work. |
| ~ benedictine | a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict. |
| ~ jesuit | a member of the Jesuit order. |
| ~ nun | a woman religious. |
| ~ eremite | a Christian recluse. |
| ~ cenobite, coenobite | a member of a religious order living in common. |
| ~ superior | the head of a religious community. |
| ~ votary | one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service.; "monasteries of votaries" |
| ~ merton, thomas merton | United States religious and writer (1915-1968). |
adj. | 2. religious, spiritual | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church.; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" |
| ~ sacred | concerned with religion or religious purposes.; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" |
adj. | 3. religious | having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity.; "a religious man"; "religious attitude" |
| ~ pious | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.; "pious readings" |
| ~ churchgoing | actively practicing a religion. |
| ~ churchly | resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church.; "churchlike silence"; "the pure fragrance of churchly incense" |
| ~ devout, god-fearing | deeply religious.; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" |
| ~ interfaith | involving persons of different religious faiths.; "an interfaith marriage"; "interfaith good will" |
adj. | 4. religious | of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows.; "the religious or regular clergy conducts the service" |
adj. | 5. religious | extremely scrupulous and conscientious.; "religious in observing the rules of health" |
| ~ scrupulous | having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled.; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance" |
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