(a.) 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.
(a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly;
as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
(a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
(a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
(n.) 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.
