religious : Idioms & Phrases

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quasi-religious

  • adjective satellite resembling something that is religious
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religious belief

  • noun a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
    religion; faith.
    • he lost his faith but not his morality
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religious ceremony

  • noun a ceremony having religious meaning
    religious ceremony.
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religious cult

  • noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
    cult; cultus.
    • devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin
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religious doctrine

  • noun the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
    gospel; church doctrine; creed.
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religious festival

  • noun a festival having religious significance
    church festival.
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religious holiday

  • noun a day specified for religious observance
    holy day.
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religious leader

  • noun leader of a religious order
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religious movement

  • noun a movement intended to bring about religious reforms
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religious music

  • noun genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
    church music.
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religious mystic

  • noun someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
    mystic.
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religious mysticism

  • noun a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
    mysticism.
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religious offering

  • noun the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
    Oblation.
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religious order

  • noun a subdivision of a larger religious group
    religious order; sect.
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religious orientation

  • noun an attitude toward religion or religious practices
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religious outcast

  • noun a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
    misbeliever; heretic.
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religious person

  • noun a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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religious residence

  • noun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
    cloister.
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religious right

  • noun United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
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religious rite

  • noun an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
    rite.
    • the rite of baptism
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religious ritual

  • noun a ceremony having religious meaning
    religious ceremony.
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religious school

  • noun a school run by a religious body
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religious sect

  • noun a subdivision of a larger religious group
    religious order; sect.
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religious service

  • noun the act of public worship following prescribed rules
    service; divine service.
    • the Sunday service
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religious society of friends

  • noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
    Society of Friends; Quakers.
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religious song

  • noun religious music for singing
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religious text

  • noun writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
    religious text; sacred text; sacred writing.
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religious trance

  • noun a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances
    ecstatic state.
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religious writing

  • noun writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
    religious text; sacred text; sacred writing.
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