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Definition of religion in English: religionnoun rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)nrəˈlɪdʒən mass noun1The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. ideas about the relationship between science and religion Example sentencesExamples - I am a person for whom religion has never been important in my life, and I am really scared of the power of religion now.
- On the other, they say religion has little power to bring peace and harmony to the world.
- The secularization debate is primarily concerned with the role or power of religion and churches in society.
- It is best known, of course, for its extreme views on religion and morality and personal conduct.
- Organised religion is based on far more abstract concepts.
- The freedom to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching encompasses a broad range of acts.
- Many people today are saying how organised religion does nothing for society, and it helps no one.
- On her death bed, his mother confided that she finally understood the power of religion in his life.
- Have westernised intellectuals underestimated the power of religion?
- But, as Karl Marx put it, religion is also the opiate of the people.
- While it's true that religion is a deeply personal issue, entertainment is not.
- If people believe in religion it means they don't believe in science.
- We had been schooled to dismiss them as being objects of religion, ritual and superstition.
- Later chapters return to the relationship among religion, politics and power.
- He understood the ideological power of religion as well as its miraculous strength.
- Bonaparte, however, had never made the mistake of underestimating either the power of religion or the resilience of the Church.
- I feel that religion or religious beliefs should not be used as an argument against the rights given to private people.
- He finds no use for organized religion in the life and conduct of intelligent men.
- Since when has religion and one's personal spiritual belief become the focal point of a candidacy?
- Instead of rewriting history and using religion as a power tool, he would rather that politicians embrace technology.
Synonyms faith, belief, divinity, worship, creed, teaching, doctrine, theology sect, cult, religious group, faith community, church, denomination, body, following, persuasion, affiliation - 1.1count noun A particular system of faith and worship.
the world's great religions Example sentencesExamples - Is the problem that Judaism is a religion as well as an ethnicity?
- Yet the power of our civic religion lies not in any sanctions it imposes but in the moral sensibility it nurtures.
- Church and state are separate today, but Catholicism is the religion of the great majority.
- After having done the study I came to realize that Buddhism is a family religion.
- Regardless of your religion or personal beliefs, I will always stand against censorship.
- Buddhism is the majority religion there, and a particularly militant strain predominates.
- The official state religion is Roman Catholicism, but Evangelical Protestant movements are making converts among traditional Catholic believers.
- The roots of Japanese mythology are in the Shinto religion, in Taoism and in Zen Buddhism alike.
- Secularism does not reject religion but attempts to bar any single religion from gaining political control.
- Wicca is a nature religion based upon beliefs and rites believed to be rooted in ancient practices.
- Notice that they converted to Lutheranism, although Catholicism was the majority religion in Vienna and in Austria.
- And we did not practice Buddhist or Shinto religions.
- Hinduism is a complex religion, and there are many paths in it.
- Yet Wicca is a religion, you can't invent it as you go along.
- They don't see the truth because they come here to impose their religion's power.
- Many refused full equality to adherents of minority religions until well into the century.
- Christianity is a liberating religion, and forgiveness of sins is a liberating experience.
- No organized religion preaches murder and hatred of innocent people.
- Those who believe in pluralism think that every religion has spiritual power.
- Christianity is the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Synonyms faith, religious belief, religious beliefs, religious persuasion, religious conviction, religious group, faith community, church - 1.2count noun A pursuit or interest followed with great devotion.
consumerism is the new religion Example sentencesExamples - This brings up another point: hockey in the BCHL ceases to be a religion and becomes secondary to education.
- In this city where rugby is a religion, there is the feeling that Moses has led them to the mountaintop.
- We've been told time and again that cricket is a religion in India.
- Online marketers realize that return on investment is the religion they need to follow.
- The consequent pursuit of thinness had become a new religion, she said, and she showed a range of advertisements to support her claims.
- The pursuit of eating raw food has become a religion of the nuttier kind.
- It's the backdrop because football is considered a religion worldwide and the most viewed game.
- It serves only one master - corporate greed - that is their religion and their power.
Phrases informal Be converted to religious belief and practices. he got religion and gave his money to the poor Example sentencesExamples - He's a fellah I was at school with who was a gardener, but he got religion so keep away from him.
- Billboards used to ask us to get religion and go to ‘the church of [our] choice.’
- They got religion, and they're going crazy and that's great.
- Others got religion or turned to booze as a way of salving their incurable ache for space.
- When he got religion, it was framed as a rejection of the rest of his career, and he had to backpedal or move on (depending on how you look at it), before he had a chance to speak to his wider audience again.
- I'm hardly an authority on saints, or irony, but am I right in thinking that, before he got religion, St. Andrew was a Middle Eastern fisherman?
- He knew she'd got religion because she'd said as much, but whatever it was, he hadn't wanted any part of it for himself.
- Three lives collide after a car crash: transplant patient/mathematician Sean Penn, grieving mother Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro as an ex-con who got religion.
- Many people in rehab, and in defeat, get religion.
- To her, though, it will always be the place where she got religion.
Derivatives adjective When he says a religionless Christianity, he means what he in another context calls ‘this worldly Christianity’. Example sentencesExamples - He championed a religionless kind of secular Christianity which he exemplified by his own life and his death in a concentration camp.
- When he says the books are religionless I suppose he means that a struggle for good isn't religious - only religious rituals count.
- But it was a religionless reading, and later he realized that the prophets cannot be understood apart from God.
Origin Middle English (originally in the sense 'life under monastic vows'): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-) 'obligation, bond, reverence', perhaps based on Latin religare 'to bind'. Definition of religion in US English: religionnounrəˈlɪdʒənrəˈlijən 1The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. ideas about the relationship between science and religion Example sentencesExamples - But, as Karl Marx put it, religion is also the opiate of the people.
- Have westernised intellectuals underestimated the power of religion?
- It is best known, of course, for its extreme views on religion and morality and personal conduct.
- We had been schooled to dismiss them as being objects of religion, ritual and superstition.
- The freedom to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching encompasses a broad range of acts.
- I feel that religion or religious beliefs should not be used as an argument against the rights given to private people.
- If people believe in religion it means they don't believe in science.
- The secularization debate is primarily concerned with the role or power of religion and churches in society.
- I am a person for whom religion has never been important in my life, and I am really scared of the power of religion now.
- Organised religion is based on far more abstract concepts.
- Since when has religion and one's personal spiritual belief become the focal point of a candidacy?
- Later chapters return to the relationship among religion, politics and power.
- Instead of rewriting history and using religion as a power tool, he would rather that politicians embrace technology.
- He finds no use for organized religion in the life and conduct of intelligent men.
- While it's true that religion is a deeply personal issue, entertainment is not.
- He understood the ideological power of religion as well as its miraculous strength.
- On the other, they say religion has little power to bring peace and harmony to the world.
- Many people today are saying how organised religion does nothing for society, and it helps no one.
- On her death bed, his mother confided that she finally understood the power of religion in his life.
- Bonaparte, however, had never made the mistake of underestimating either the power of religion or the resilience of the Church.
Synonyms faith, belief, divinity, worship, creed, teaching, doctrine, theology - 1.1 A particular system of faith and worship.
the world's great religions Example sentencesExamples - They don't see the truth because they come here to impose their religion's power.
- Christianity is the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
- Hinduism is a complex religion, and there are many paths in it.
- Christianity is a liberating religion, and forgiveness of sins is a liberating experience.
- The roots of Japanese mythology are in the Shinto religion, in Taoism and in Zen Buddhism alike.
- Secularism does not reject religion but attempts to bar any single religion from gaining political control.
- The official state religion is Roman Catholicism, but Evangelical Protestant movements are making converts among traditional Catholic believers.
- Yet the power of our civic religion lies not in any sanctions it imposes but in the moral sensibility it nurtures.
- Many refused full equality to adherents of minority religions until well into the century.
- After having done the study I came to realize that Buddhism is a family religion.
- No organized religion preaches murder and hatred of innocent people.
- Church and state are separate today, but Catholicism is the religion of the great majority.
- Those who believe in pluralism think that every religion has spiritual power.
- Notice that they converted to Lutheranism, although Catholicism was the majority religion in Vienna and in Austria.
- Regardless of your religion or personal beliefs, I will always stand against censorship.
- And we did not practice Buddhist or Shinto religions.
- Wicca is a nature religion based upon beliefs and rites believed to be rooted in ancient practices.
- Buddhism is the majority religion there, and a particularly militant strain predominates.
- Is the problem that Judaism is a religion as well as an ethnicity?
- Yet Wicca is a religion, you can't invent it as you go along.
Synonyms faith, religious belief, religious beliefs, religious persuasion, religious conviction, religious group, faith community, church - 1.2 A pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
consumerism is the new religion Example sentencesExamples - In this city where rugby is a religion, there is the feeling that Moses has led them to the mountaintop.
- It serves only one master - corporate greed - that is their religion and their power.
- The consequent pursuit of thinness had become a new religion, she said, and she showed a range of advertisements to support her claims.
- Online marketers realize that return on investment is the religion they need to follow.
- It's the backdrop because football is considered a religion worldwide and the most viewed game.
- We've been told time and again that cricket is a religion in India.
- This brings up another point: hockey in the BCHL ceases to be a religion and becomes secondary to education.
- The pursuit of eating raw food has become a religion of the nuttier kind.
Phrases informal Be converted to religious belief and practices. Example sentencesExamples - To her, though, it will always be the place where she got religion.
- He knew she'd got religion because she'd said as much, but whatever it was, he hadn't wanted any part of it for himself.
- When he got religion, it was framed as a rejection of the rest of his career, and he had to backpedal or move on (depending on how you look at it), before he had a chance to speak to his wider audience again.
- Many people in rehab, and in defeat, get religion.
- Three lives collide after a car crash: transplant patient/mathematician Sean Penn, grieving mother Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro as an ex-con who got religion.
- Billboards used to ask us to get religion and go to ‘the church of [our] choice.’
- He's a fellah I was at school with who was a gardener, but he got religion so keep away from him.
- Others got religion or turned to booze as a way of salving their incurable ache for space.
- They got religion, and they're going crazy and that's great.
- I'm hardly an authority on saints, or irony, but am I right in thinking that, before he got religion, St. Andrew was a Middle Eastern fisherman?
Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘life under monastic vows’): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-) ‘obligation, bond, reverence’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’. |