"religious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪ.ˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ [General-American, UK] Audio: en-us-religious.ogg [US] Forms: more religious [comparative], most religious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs Etymology: From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|religiouse}} Middle English religiouse, {{m|enm|religious}} religious, {{m|enm|religius}} religius, {{m|enm|religeous}} religeous, {{der|en|xno|religieus}} Anglo-Norman religieus, {{m|fro|religius}} religius, {{der|en|fro|religious}} Old French religious, {{m|fro|religieux}} religieux, {{der|en|la|religiōsus|t=religious, superstitious, conscientious}} Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), {{m|la|religiō}} religiō, {{doublet|en|religieux}} Doublet of religieux Head templates: {{en-adj}} religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)
  1. Concerning religion. Translations (concerning religion): religieus (Afrikaans), godsdienstig (Afrikaans), دِينِيّ (dīniyy) (Arabic), կրոնական (kronakan) (Armenian), relixosu (Asturian), dini (Azerbaijani), рэлігі́йны (relihíjny) (Belarusian), религио́зен (religiózen) (Bulgarian), religiós (Catalan), دینی (dînî) (Central Kurdish), 宗教 (zōngjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), náboženský (Czech), religiøs (Danish), religieus (Dutch), religia (Esperanto), uskonnollinen (Finnish), religieux (French), relixioso (Galician), religiös (German), gläubig (German), θρήσκος (thrískos) (Greek), धार्मिक (dhārmik) (Hindi), vallási (Hungarian), keagamaan (Indonesian), agamawi (Indonesian), religius (Indonesian), religioso (Italian), 宗教的 (shūkyōteki) (alt: しゅうきょうてき) (Japanese), діни (dıni) (Kazakh), 종교적 (jonggyojeok) (Korean), диний (diniy) (Kyrgyz), religiōsus (Latin), reliģisks (Latvian), reliéis (Luxembourgish), keagamaan (Malay), reliġjuż (Maltese), धार्मिक (dhārmik) (Marathi), r'ligieux (Norman), religiós (Occitan), ǣfæst (Old English), دینی (dini) (Persian), religijny (Polish), religioso (Portuguese), religios (Romanian), религио́зный (religióznyj) (Russian), rèlīgījskī (Serbo-Croatian), vjèrskī (Serbo-Croatian), religioso (Spanish), religiös (Swedish), dinî (Turkish), dini (Turkish), dinsel (Turkish), релігі́йний (relihíjnyj) (Ukrainian), دىنىي (diniy) (Uyghur), diniy (Uzbek), tôn giáo (alt: 宗教) (Vietnamese), crefyddol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-religious-en-adj-ZbSgt~vW Disambiguation of 'concerning religion': 85 6 6 4
  2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion. Translations (committed to the practice of religion): religieus (Afrikaans), godsdienstig (Afrikaans), مُتَدَيِّنٌ (mutadayyinun) (Arabic), دَيِّنٌ (dayyinun) (Arabic), հավատացյալ (havatacʿyal) (Armenian), relixosu (Asturian), dindar (Azerbaijani), рэлігі́йны (relihíjny) (Belarusian), ве́руючы (vjérujučy) (Belarusian), ধার্মিক (dharmik) (Bengali), религио́зен (religiózen) (Bulgarian), вя́рващ (vjárvašt) (Bulgarian), religiós (Catalan), 篤信宗教的 (Chinese Mandarin), 笃信宗教的 (dǔxìn zōngjiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), 信仰的 (xìnyǎng de) (Chinese Mandarin), religiózní (Czech), religiøs (Danish), godsdienstig (Dutch), religieus (Dutch), uskonnollinen (Finnish), religieux (French), relixioso (Galician), religiös (German), gläubig (German), ધાર્મિક (dhārmik) (Gujarati), דָּתִי (datí) (Hebrew), धार्मिक (dhārmik) (Hindi), vallásos (Hungarian), agamis (Indonesian), religioso (Italian), 信仰的 (shinkōteki) (alt: しんこうてき) (Japanese), динчил (dincil) (Kyrgyz), reliģiozs (Latvian), reliġjuż (Maltese), whakapono (Maori), धार्मिक (dhārmik) (Marathi), r'ligieux (Norman), religiøs (Norwegian), دیندار (dindâr) (Persian), مذهبی (mazhabi) (Persian), fromm (Plautdietsch), religioso (Portuguese), религио́зный (religióznyj) (Russian), ве́рующий (vérujuščij) (Russian), cràbhach (Scottish Gaelic), rèlīgījskī (Serbo-Croatian), vjèrskī (Serbo-Croatian), religioso (Spanish), religiös (Swedish), dindar (Turkish), inançlı (Turkish), релігійний (relihijnyj) (Ukrainian), ві́руючий (vírujučyj) (Ukrainian), sùng đạo (Vietnamese), mộ đạo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-religious-en-adj-n1sXyug2 Disambiguation of 'committed to the practice of religion': 14 72 8 5
  3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion. Translations (highly dedicated): religieus (Afrikaans), religiøs (Danish), uskollinen (Finnish), fanaattinen (Finnish), relixioso (Galician), megrögzött (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-religious-en-adj-YzkU~qdU Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 7 13 37 39 Disambiguation of 'highly dedicated': 2 2 94 1
  4. Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation. Translations (belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation): religieus (Afrikaans), godsdienstig (Afrikaans), religieux (French)
    Sense id: en-religious-en-adj-Pfo993o2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 6 43 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 7 13 37 39 Disambiguation of 'belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation': 6 4 5 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Baháʼí, Buddhist, Confucianist, Druidic, Eckist, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, LaVeyan Satanist, Muslim, New Ager, Rastafarian, Raëlian, Scientologist, Sikh, Taoist, Thelemite, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Zoroastrian, humanist, pagan, reconstructionist, spiritist Derived forms: alethoreligious, aletho-religious, anti-religious, antireligious, areligious, criminal religious movement, ethico-religious, ethicoreligious, ethnoreligious, ethno-religious, hyperreligious, hyporeligious, inter-religious, interreligious, intrareligious, irreligious, military-religious, multireligious, neoreligious, new religious movement, non-religious, nonreligious, paleoreligious, parareligious, prereligious, pro-religious, proreligious, pseudo-religious, pseudoreligious, quasi-religious, quasireligious, religious education, religious freedom, religious humanism, religious humanist, religious institute, religious leader, religiously, religious naturalism, religious naturalist, religiousness, religious none, religious order, religious pluralism, religious priest, religious right, religious service, religious studies, religious toleration, scientifico-religious, unreligious Related terms: alethoreligion, aletho-religion, anti-religion, antireligion, antireligiosity, areligiosity, coreligionist, co-religionist, hyperreligion, hyperreligiosity, hyporeligion, hyporeligiosity, interreligiosity, interreligiously, irreligion, irreligiosity, irreligiously, irreligiousness, metareligion, neoreligion, nonreligion, nonreligiosity, nonreligiousness, paleoreligion, parareligion, para-religion, post-religion, postreligion, prereligion, pre-religion, proreligion, pro-religion, proreligiosity, pseudoreligion, pseudo-religion, quasi-religion, quasireligion, quasireligiosity, religion, religionise, religionism, religionist, religionize, religionless, religion-specific, religiosity, subreligion, superreligion

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪ.ˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ [General-American, UK] Audio: en-us-religious.ogg [US] Forms: religious [plural], religiouses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs Etymology: From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|religiouse}} Middle English religiouse, {{m|enm|religious}} religious, {{m|enm|religius}} religius, {{m|enm|religeous}} religeous, {{der|en|xno|religieus}} Anglo-Norman religieus, {{m|fro|religius}} religius, {{der|en|fro|religious}} Old French religious, {{m|fro|religieux}} religieux, {{der|en|la|religiōsus|t=religious, superstitious, conscientious}} Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), {{m|la|religiō}} religiō, {{doublet|en|religieux}} Doublet of religieux Head templates: {{en-noun|religious|+}} religious (plural religious or religiouses)
  1. A member of a religious order or congregation, i.e. a monk, nun, sister, brother, friar, or religious priest. Categories (topical): Monasticism, People Translations (member of religious order): монах (monah) [masculine] (Bulgarian), uskova (Finnish), uskovainen (Finnish), religieux [masculine] (French), religieuse [feminine] (French), relixioso [masculine] (Galician), Ordensmitglied [neuter] (German), Ordensleute [plural] (German), zakonnik [masculine] (Polish), zakonnica [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-religious-en-noun-wQBYRYRi Disambiguation of Monasticism: 15 8 19 22 36 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 1 27 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 6 43 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 7 13 37 39

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        {
          "text": "It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.",
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          "ref": "1787 September 17, Constitutional Convention, Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia, page 4",
          "text": "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.",
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          "ref": "2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 2014-12-20, pages 219–257",
          "text": "Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.",
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          "sense": "concerning religion",
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        },
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          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
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          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
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        },
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          "roman": "havatacʿyal",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "roman": "relihíjny",
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        },
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          "word": "ве́руючы"
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        {
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          "roman": "dharmik",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "ধার্মিক"
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        },
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
          "alt": "しんこうてき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinkōteki",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
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          "roman": "dincil",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "динчил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "reliģiozs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
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          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "reliġjuż"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
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        },
        {
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          "roman": "dhārmik",
          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "धार्मिक"
        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
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          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "religiøs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 72 8 5",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
          "word": "دیندار"
        },
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    {
      "word": "Baháʼí"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buddhist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Confucianist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Druidic"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eckist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hindu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jewish"
    },
    {
      "word": "LaVeyan Satanist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muslim"
    },
    {
      "word": "New Ager"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rastafarian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Raëlian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scientologist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sikh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taoist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Thelemite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unitarian Universalist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wiccan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zoroastrian"
    },
    {
      "word": "humanist"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagan"
    },
    {
      "word": "reconstructionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "spiritist"
    }
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      "word": "alethoreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "aletho-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "anti-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "antireligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "antireligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "areligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "coreligionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "co-religionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperreligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyporeligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyporeligiosity"
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    {
      "word": "interreligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "interreligiously"
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      "word": "irreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "irreligiosity"
    },
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      "word": "irreligiously"
    },
    {
      "word": "irreligiousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "metareligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "neoreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonreligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonreligiousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleoreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "parareligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "para-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "post-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "postreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "prereligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "proreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "pro-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "proreligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudoreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudo-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasireligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasireligiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "religionise"
    },
    {
      "word": "religionism"
    },
    {
      "word": "religionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "religionize"
    },
    {
      "word": "religionless"
    },
    {
      "word": "religion-specific"
    },
    {
      "word": "religiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "subreligion"
    },
    {
      "word": "superreligion"
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          "text": "It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1787 September 17, Constitutional Convention, Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia, page 4",
          "text": "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 2014-12-20, pages 219–257",
          "text": "Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Concerning religion."
      ],
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          "religion"
        ]
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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          "adherence"
        ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm a religious fan of college basketball.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion."
      ],
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          "dedicated",
          "dedicated"
        ]
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "religious priest, religious sister, religious brother",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1878, James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast, The American Catholic Quarterly Review, page 236",
          "text": "The religious vows are either simple or solemn. Vows are solemn according to the more common opinion, not, for instance, because of any solemnity attending the making of them, but because of the will of the Church.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, John P. Mack, Priests: An Inside Look, Saint Mary's Press, page 28",
          "text": "The religious priest lives his priesthood vocation within the religious congregation to which he belongs. He may serve within a parish or another institution, such as a school or a hospital. Unlike the diocesan priest, the religious priest develops his identity from the charism of the religious order and finds his community with the members of that order.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 May 16, F. Donald Logan, Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240-1540, Cambridge University Press, page 61",
          "text": "From the 1450s onward it was possible for a religious to have included in his dispensation a clause that allowed him, once beneficed, to wear the garb of a secular priest provided he wore his religious habit underneath.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 18, Bronagh Ann McShane, Irish Women in Religious Orders, 1530-1700: Suppression, Migration and Reintegration, Boydell & Brewer, page 208",
          "text": "Divergence in religious rule and observance for women within the Franciscan order undoubtedly complicated the assimilation of the Irish Poor Clare sisters within Spanish convents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "religious order"
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          "congregation"
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        "UK"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "godsdienstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dīniyy",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "دِينِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kronakan",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "կրոնական"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "relixosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "dini"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "relihíjny",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "рэлігі́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "religiózen",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "религио́зен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zōngjiào",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "宗教"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "náboženský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "uskonnollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "relixioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiös"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "gläubig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thrískos",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "θρήσκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhārmik",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "धार्मिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "vallási"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "keagamaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "agamawi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religius"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅうきょうてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūkyōteki",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "宗教的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dıni",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "діни"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jonggyojeok",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "종교적"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dînî",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "دینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "diniy",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "диний"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "reliģisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "reliéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "keagamaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "reliġjuż"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dhārmik",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "धार्मिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "r'ligieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "ǣfæst"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dini",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "دینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religijny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "religióznyj",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "религио́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "rèlīgījskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "vjèrskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "religiös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "dinî"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "dini"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "dinsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "relihíjnyj",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "релігі́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "diniy",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "دىنىي"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "diniy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "宗教",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "tôn giáo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "concerning religion",
      "word": "crefyddol"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "godsdienstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutadayyinun",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "مُتَدَيِّنٌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dayyinun",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "دَيِّنٌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "havatacʿyal",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "հավատացյալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "relixosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "dindar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "relihíjny",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "рэлігі́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjérujučy",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "ве́руючы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dharmik",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "ধার্মিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "religiózen",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "религио́зен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vjárvašt",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "вя́рващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "篤信宗教的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǔxìn zōngjiào de",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "笃信宗教的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnyǎng de",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "信仰的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiózní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "godsdienstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "uskonnollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "relixioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiös"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "gläubig"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "dhārmik",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "ધાર્મિક"
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      "roman": "datí",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "דָּתִי"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhārmik",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "धार्मिक"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "vallásos"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "agamis"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
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      "alt": "しんこうてき",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shinkōteki",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "信仰的"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "dincil",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "динчил"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "reliģiozs"
    },
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "reliġjuż"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "whakapono"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dhārmik",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "धार्मिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "r'ligieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dindâr",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "دیندار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mazhabi",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "مذهبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "fromm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "religióznyj",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "религио́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérujuščij",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "ве́рующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "cràbhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "rèlīgījskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "vjèrskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "religiös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "dindar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "inançlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "relihijnyj",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "релігійний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vírujučyj",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "ві́руючий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "sùng đạo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "committed to the practice of religion",
      "word": "mộ đạo"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "religiøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "uskollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "fanaattinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "relixioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "highly dedicated",
      "word": "megrögzött"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation",
      "word": "religieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation",
      "word": "godsdienstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation",
      "word": "religieux"
    }
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}

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "monah",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "word": "монах"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
      "word": "uskova"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
      "word": "uskovainen"
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      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "word": "religieux"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "religieuse"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "relixioso"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "word": "zakonnik"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of religious order",
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      "word": "zakonnica"
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