This page shows Religious in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sacred or spiritual. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Religious in a sentence

Religious | Religiously | Religiousness

Religious meaning

  1. Concerning religion.
  2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
  3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

Synonyms of Religious

pious scrupulous irreligious interfaith god-fearing devout churchly churchlike churchgoing sacred spiritual religious person

Example sentences (20)

There will be six parishes, 11 diocesan priests, one religious priest, four seminarians, and 12 religious sisters.

There is, however, only established precedent for three religious groups in the US to use drugs for religious purposes.

Independent religious institutions are prohibited, and non-sanctioned religious groups are severely oppressed.

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Four lawsuits involve religious brothers, who are under the direction of their respective religious superiors.

Despite this, it is the largest of the religious and non-religious associations in Iceland with members totalling 226.633.

Similar concern is also fomenting among Israel’s Religious Zionists (not to be confused with the Religious Zionist party).

It is basically a miniature version of what some religious brothers and sisters might wear as part of their religious habit.

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Ethiopia is one of the world’s most religious countries, in which about 98% of the population claim a religious affiliation.

No Ukrainian religious community or Church has been banned or persecuted for its religious practices.

The Religious Retirement Fund benefits men and women who have dedicated themselves to religious life.

For everyone to enjoy equal religious freedom, governments must enact fairness in religious cases.

They form part of the larger religious faith and are integral to life based on religious beliefs.

Indeed, for Zionists – religious, secular or, even atheists – the war has always been or, more accurately, had to be, a religious one.

Though certain modes of religious worship were also affected by the coronavirus pandemic, timing of religious events remained constant.

It's not that they oppose it for 'religious reasons'; it's just that they don't share the one peculiar religious reason which drives it.

The database contains the clerical personnel’s name, gender, photo, religious title, religious sects, clerical identity, and clerical ID number.

There is no denying “attempts” are made to label this as “religious” and create images of communities being at war because of religious reasons.

Nigeria has a volatile ethno-religious mix and ethno-religious violence often erupts.

While there are some calls to remove religious orders from schools, service providers still carry the weight of religious ideologies and practices.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "religious" in a sentence?
An example: "There will be six parishes, 11 diocesan priests, one religious priest, four seminarians, and 12 religious sisters." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "religious" from real English texts.
What does "religious" mean?
Religious means: Concerning religion.
What are synonyms of "religious"?
Common synonyms of "religious" include: pious, scrupulous, irreligious, interfaith, god-fearing, devout, churchly, churchlike. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "religious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "religious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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