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religious
Part of speech: AdjectiveFeeling, and living in accordance with, a belief in a divine power to whom honor and obedience are due; striving to attain the life of God; pertaining to, or set apart for, religion; bound by monastic vows.
Usage examples "religious":- 2. Israel's literature became thus a religious literature. - "The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible", R. Heber Newton.
- I almost think I could be a little bit religious after your way of it, sir." - "The Seaboard Parish, Complete", George MacDonald.
- At length she moved aside from the religious line, went into a service cabinet, and emerged with a small bunch of pass- keys. - "Tales of the Five Towns", Arnold Bennett.