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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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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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