Category:Religious



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Events in the History of Salvation contains topics such as the Resurrection, the Baptism of Christ, and the Birth of Jesus. Persons in the History of Salvation contains pictures of Jesus Christ, the Patriarchs of the Old Testament, the Apostles, and more!

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Re*li"gious (r-lj"s), a. Etym: [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. Our law forbids at their religious rites my presence. Milton.

2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a Religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives religious titled them the sons of god. Mlton

3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, indianlike, religious in my error, i adore the sun, that looks Upon his worshiper. Shak.

4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer.

Syn. -- pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; Rogod; exact.

Religious Re*li"gious, n.

Defn: 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.