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‖ religieux Now rare or Obs.|rəliʒjø|
Also 8–9 erron. religieuse (sing. and pl.).
[F., ad. L. religiōsus religious.]
A man vowed to a religious life; a monk.
1654Ld. Hatton in Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 114, I am told..that the Academy was this day full of the Duke of Glo[ucester's] conversion and being a Religieux. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. 141 He rather desir'd me to converse with him as a Gentleman, than as a Religieuse [ed. 1761 religieux]. 1827Roberts Voy. Centr. Amer. 28 Inhabited by the few thousands of Spanish religieuse and Creole descendants of Spanish adventurers. |