religion

CEFRA2

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/

noun

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noun
A system of beliefs and practices about a god or the sacred.
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noun
Extra detail
A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.

Examples

Is there always a conflict between science and religion?
Making money is his religion.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.

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The settlers embraced the Christian religion.
My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
To men whose minds are thus religioned, tied back to gods that never advance, there can never be any such word as progress

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Phallicism was, therefore, at the root of all religion, and was definitely the opponent of evil and darkness.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160
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.
1978, Military Chaplains' Review, page 70
A similar caution is made by Nye when he calls for a re-evaluation of the category of religion in relationship to theory and method, suggesting that this category: be reconstructed in terms of practice theory as religious practice or religioning.
2013, Monica R. Miller, Religion and Hip Hop, →ISBN, page 74
Religious practice and action (“religioning”) can be liberating, and can connect displaced people with the spirits of home.
2015, Alexander Horstmann, Jin-Heon Jung, Building Noah’s Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities, →ISBN, page 13
“What do you do, Donnigan? Spend all yer time religioning yer young?”
2007, Janette Oke, A Bride for Donnigan, →ISBN, page 225

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Origin

noun

From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”). Most likely from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- with the meanings preserved in Latin dīligere and legere (“to read repeatedly”, “to have something solely in mind”). Displaced Old English ǣfæstnes (“religion, lawfulness”).

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