religious

US: /ɹiˈɫɪdʒəs/, /ɹɪˈɫɪdʒəs/
UK: /ɹɪlˈɪd‍ʒəs/


English Vietnamese dictionary


religious /ri'lidʤəs/
  • tính từ
    • (thuộc) tôn giáo; (thuộc) tín ngưỡng; (thuộc) sự tu hành
      • to have no religious belief: không có tín ngưỡng tôn giáo
      • religious wars: chiến tranh tôn giáo
    • sùng đạo, mộ đạo, ngoan đạo
      • a religious man: người mộ đạo
    • chu đáo, cẩn thận, tận tâm cao
      • the doctor looked after the patients with religious care: bác sĩ chăm nom người bệnh rất cẩn thận
      • with religious exactitude: với độ chính xác cao
  • danh từ, số nhiều không đổi
    • nhà tu hành
      • the religious: những người tu hành

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
1 [only before noun] connected with religion or with a particular religion: religious beliefs / faith + religious education (= education about religion) + religious instruction (= instruction in a particular religion) + religious groups / leaders + objects which have a religious significance + a religious house (= a MONASTERY or CONVENT)
2 (of a person) believing strongly in the existence of a god or gods
Synonym: DEVOUT
His wife is very religious.
religiousness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 devout, churchgoing, pious, God-fearing, holy, spiritual-minded:
You never struck me as a particularly religious person.
2 scrupulous, exact, precise, conscientious, rigorous, strict, fastidious, meticulous, faithful, punctilious, unerring, unswerving, undeviating:
Edmund's work is characterized by religious devotion to detail.

Collocation dictionary


VERBS

be | become

ADV.

deeply, devoutly, highly, very
a deeply religious person
| strictly
He distanced himself from the strictly religious aspects of the music.
| quite | essentially, fundamentally
Yoga is essentially religious and not just physical.
| specifically
the specifically religious content of the programme


Concise English dictionary


rɪ'lɪdʒəs
noun
+a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
adj.
+concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
+having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
+extremely scrupulous and conscientious