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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
religious
    adj 1: 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" [syn: religious, spiritual]
    2: having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a
       religious man"; "religious attitude" [ant: irreligious]
    3: of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; "the
       religious or regular clergy conducts the service" [ant:
       secular]
    4: extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in
       observing the rules of health"
    n 1: a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of
         poverty and chastity and obedience

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Religious \Re*li"gious\, 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. --Addison.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Religious \Re*li"gious\ (r?-l?j"?s), a. [OF. religius,
   religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.]
   1. 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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            Our law forbids at their religious rites
            My presence.                          --Milton.
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   2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as,
      a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
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            Men whose lives
            Religious titled them the sons of God. --Mlton
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   3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
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            Thus, Indianlike,
            Religious in my error, I adore
            The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. --Shak.
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   4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
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            One of them is religious.             --Chaucer.
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   Syn: Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious;
        strict; rogod; exact.
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