religious

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
  2. adjective concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
  3. adjective having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity

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.

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