Synonyms for religiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-lij-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlɪdʒ əs |
Top 10 synonyms for religiousness
Définition of religiousness
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.
- noun devotion
- The bitterness of her tongue kept pace with her show of religiousness.
- Extract from : « For the Master's Sake » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Yet, outwardly, all feign decency, religiousness and morality.
- Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel
- First among his moral attributes must be placed his religiousness.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 » by Various
- How plainly it tells of religiousness and perhaps of fanaticism!
- Extract from : « The Redemption of David Corson » by Charles Frederic Goss
- But our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness.
- Extract from : « Pragmatism » by William James
- There is a great deal of so-called religious exercise and activity, attempts to produce more "religiousness," as it is termed.
- Extract from : « The Prophet Ezekiel » by Arno C. Gaebelein
- Religiousness begins with self-renunciation, ends with completed criticism.
- Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
- The initiate lives in an atmosphere charged with religiousness, and it is as though he were impregnated with it himself.
- Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
- Religiousness may be at times but a cloak for moral laxity, and to some rite is more than right.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke » by Henry Burton
- You might have rested satisfied with the outward display of Religiousness, without the fruits of true Religion.
- Extract from : « Memories of Bethany » by John Ross Macduff
Antonyms for religiousness
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