religious

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
• Hypernyms:
religious person
• Hyponyms:
friar, mendicant, monk, monastic, Benedictine,
Benedictine, nun, eremite, cenobite, coenobite,
superior, votary
• Instance Hyponyms:
Merton, Thomas Merton

II - adjective

1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church (Freq. 10)
- religious texts
- a member of a religious order
- lords temporal and spiritual
- spiritual leaders
- spiritual songs
• Syn:
spiritual
• Similar to:
sacred
• Derivationally related forms:
religiousness, religion, religiosity
2. having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity (Freq. 3)
- a religious man
- religious attitude
• Ant:
irreligious
• Similar to:
churchgoing, churchly, devout, god-fearing, interfaith
• See Also:
pious
• Derivationally related forms:
religiousness, religion
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
• Similar to:
scrupulous
• Derivationally related forms:
religiousness

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  secular, irreligious