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Antonyms for religious

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-lij-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlɪdʒ əs

Definition of religious

Origin :
  • c.1200, "devout, pious, imbued with or expressive of religious devotion," from Anglo-French religius, Old French religious (12c., Modern French religieux) and directly from Latin religiosus, from religio (see religion). Meaning "pertaining to religion" is from 1530s. Transferred sense of "scrupulous, exact" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Religiousness.
  • adj concerning belief in divinity
  • adj conscientious, scrupulous
Example sentences :
  • It is not necessarily his own religious belief that he will select.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • "I do not agree with you in your religious sentiments, Ashton, as you know," said George.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • There was too much political and religious intrigue--she thought.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • It is not my intention to do more than touch upon the religious wars of the Cvennes.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • "Don't talk like that about a religious gathering, Henry," said his sister, frowning.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • For him the intellect as such is the organ of religious truth.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • Religious to go and take the land away from people that owns it?
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Neither will they be sticklers as to details in religious millinery.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • The truth was that he had no religious beliefs or faith whatever.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Not surely so much in worldly as in religious considerations.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Synonyms for religious

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