religion

Definitions

1. Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
   uncountable
2. A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
   countable
3. The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
   uncountable
4. Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
   informal, uncountable
5. Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
   countable
6. Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
   obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

77 more languages

Afrikaansgodsdiens

العربيةالديندينطريقة

Azərbaycan dilidinməzhəb

Беларускаяверарэлігія

Българскивярарелигия

বাংলাধর্ম

བོད་སྐད།ཆོས་ལུགས

Bosanskibogoštovljereligijaveraveroispovedveroispovestviravjeravjeroispovijedvjeroispovijestzakonверавероисповедвероисповествјеравјероисповиједвјероисповијестзаконрелигија+ 15 more

Catalàreligió

Češtinanáboženství

Cymraegcrefydd

Ελληνικάδόγμαθρησκεία

Esperantoreligio

Eestireligioonusk

Euskaraerlijio

Suomiuskontouskontokuntaussa

Gaeilgecreideamhreiligiún

Gàidhligcreideamhdiadhachd

Galegoleirelixión

ગુજરાતીધર્મ

Hausaaddini

עבריתדת

हिन्दीक़ौमदीनधर्ममज़हब+ 1 more

Hrvatskibogoštovljereligijaveraveroispovedveroispovestviravjeravjeroispovijedvjeroispovijestzakonверавероисповедвероисповествјеравјероисповиједвјероисповијестзаконрелигија+ 15 more

Magyarvállas

Հայերենկրոն

Bahasa Indonesiaagamadinkebaktianreligi+ 1 more

Íslenskaátrúnaðurtrúarbrögð

Italianoreligione

日本語宗宗教

ქართულირელიგიასარწმუნოება

Қазақ тілідін

ភាសាខ្មែរសាសនា

ಕನ್ನಡಧರ್ಮ

한국어믿음길종교

Kurdîdîndindînîdiyanetfêzakon+ 3 more

Кыргызчадин

Latinareligio

ລາວສາດສະໜາ

Lietuviųreligija

Latviešureliģija

Malagasyfivavahana

Македонскирелигија

മലയാളംമതം

Монголшашин

मराठीधर्म

Bahasa Melayuagamaanutandinkepercayaan+ 1 more

Maltireliġjon

မြန်မာအယူဝါဒ

नेपालीधर्म

Nederlandsgeloofsovertuiginggodsdienstreligie

ଓଡ଼ିଆଧର୍ମ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਧਰਮ

Polskireligiawyznaniezakon

پښتومذهب

Portuguêsreligião

Românăreligie

Русскийверавероисповеданиерелигия

Slovenščinareligijavera

Soomaalidiin

Shqipdinfe

Српскиbogoštovljereligijaveraveroispovedveroispovestviravjeravjeroispovijedvjeroispovijestzakonверавероисповедвероисповествјеравјероисповиједвјероисповијестзаконрелигија+ 15 more

Sesothotumelo

Svenskareligion

Kiswahilidini

தமிழ்சமயம்மதம்

తెలుగుమతము

Тоҷикӣдинмазҳаб

ไทยศาสนา

Tagalogrelihiyon

Setswanatumelo

Türkçebağlançdindiyanetinançmezhep+ 2 more

ئۇيغۇرچەدىن

Українськавіравіровизна́ннявіросповіда́ннярелігія+ 1 more

اردودھرمدینمَذہَب

O'zbekchadin

Tiếng Việtđảogiáotôn giáo

Examples

“Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, philosophy”

“My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.”

“Most books on the philosophy of religion try⟳ to begin⟳ with a precise definition of what its essence consists of. […] I shall not be pedantic enough to enumerate any of them to you now. Meanwhile the very fact that they are so many and so different from one another is enough to prove⟳ that the word “religion” cannot stand⟳ for any single principle or essence, but is rather a collective name⟳.”

“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.”

“Near-synonyms: credo, creed”

“Islam is a major religion, particularly in North Africa and Southwest Asia.”

“Mormonism is a new religion, while Zoroastrianism is an old one.”

“Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country: and people of differing religions judge⟳ and condemn each other by their own⟳ tenents; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.”

““It is the duty of a high priestess to instruct, to interpret⟳—according to the creed that others, wiser than herself, have⟳ laid down; but there is nothing in the creed which says that she must believe⟳. The more one knows of one’s religion the less one believes—no one living knows more of mine than I.””

“Priest: I wasn't being rude. Father: Just bear⟳ in mind⟳ that there are plenty of other religions you know⟳. Some of them, I may say⟳, offering much greater range and value.”

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

“I think⟳ some Christians would love⟳ Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.”

“Jack's spiritual, but he's not really into religion.”

“At this point⟳, Star Trek has really become⟳ a religion.”

“'Religion can't exist⟳ without mystery, especially science, the newest religion.'”

“Oh with what religion doe I respect⟳ and observe⟳ the same!”

CEFR level