re·li·gious 
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əs)
adj.1. Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.
2. Of, concerned with, or teaching religion: a religious text.
3. Extremely scrupulous or conscientious: religious devotion to duty.
n. pl. religious A member of a monastic order, especially a nun or monk.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin religiōsus, from religiō, religion; see RELIGION.]
re·ligious·ly adv.
re·ligious·ness n.