religion

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/]

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1. religion (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

Example: Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, philosophy

2. religion (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.

Example: Holonyms: cosmology, ontology, epistemology, philosophy

3. religion (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.

Example: The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.

4. religion (verb) — sense 4

Definition: Engage in religious practice.

Example: 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.

5. religion (verb) — sense 5

Definition: Indoctrinate into a specific religion.

Example: To men whose minds are thus religioned, tied back to gods that never advance, there can never be any such word as progress

6. religion (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

Example: The discussion of diet and health raises the question of the importance of discussing vegetarianism in relation to the contemporary religioning of health; as Ross remarks, 'health has replaced sexuality as the new privileged discourse of bodily truth and inner essence'.

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