religion

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

religions

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

religion

past (v2)

religioned

past participle (v3)

religioned

present participle

religioning

3rd person singular

religions

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

   • My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
   • Phallicism was, therefore, at the root of all religion, and was definitely the opponent of evil and darkness.
   • Religion is not identical with spirituality; rather, religion is the form spirituality takes in a civilization; it is not so much the opiate of the masses as it is the antidote for the poisons of civilization.

2. 2.A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.

   • Mormonism is a new religion, while Zoroastrianism is an old one.
   • Islam is a major religion, particularly in North Africa and Southwest Asia.

3. 3.The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.

   • The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.

4. 4.Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.(informal)

   • Jack's spiritual, but he's not really into religion.
   • I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.Engage in religious practice.

   • Religious practice and action (“religioning”) can be liberating, and can connect displaced people with the spirits of home.
   • On the scales below, circle the one ( + ) or (-) number which best represents your situation on both the belief and practice dimensions for each of the traditional and nontraditional forms of religioning.

2. 2.To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

   • If queer Jews, Muslims and Christians are engaged in queering their religions, they are also engaged in what might becalled 'religioning' the queer.

3. 3.Indoctrinate into a specific religion.

   • “What do you do, Donnigan? Spend all yer time religioning yer young?”

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• faith