Definition of religious

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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..

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Labadist :: Labadist (n.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians..
Abominate :: Abominate (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety..
Guild :: Guild (v. t.) A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work..
Preacher :: Preacher (n.) One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.
Heathenism :: Heathenism (n.) The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
Enthusiast :: Enthusiast (n.) One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person..
Canon :: Canon (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a..
Dedication :: Dedication (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple..
Nocturn :: Nocturn (n.) An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night..
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind..
Preach :: Preach (v.) A religious discourse.
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Infidel :: Infidel (n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker..
Sufism :: Sufi (n.) One of a certain order of religious men in Persia.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
Theatine :: Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction..
Irreligiously :: Irreligiously (adv.) In an irreligious manner.
Black Book :: Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution..
Biblicist :: Biblicist (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.
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