Religious

Re`li´gious Pronunciation: r?-l?j´?s

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. - Milton.
	2.	Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God. - Mlton
	3.	Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. - Shak.
	4.	Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. - Chaucer.
n.	1.	A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Noun	1.	religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Adj.	1.	religious - concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a nenber if a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" Synonyms: spiritual
	2.	religious - having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude" Antonyms: irreligious - hostile or indifferent to religion
	3.	religious - extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health"

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