religious

²religious

noun

plural religious

Definition of RELIGIOUS

: a member of a religious order under monastic vows

Origin of RELIGIOUS

Middle English, from Anglo-French religius, from religius, adjective

First Known Use: 13th century

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary