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单词 religiose
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Definition of religiose in English:

religiose

adjective rɪˈlɪdʒɪəʊsrɪˈlɪdʒiˌoʊs
  • Excessively religious.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, a reader doesn't have to accept the essays' religiose atmospherics or fabulist presumption to be affected by Berger's tone.
    • The outer acts are swift and urgent, transcendental but never religiose.
    • There is none of the religiose sentiment that Europeans have, investing ancient buildings with meaning by dint of age alone.
    • Yet although Billings was never religiose, the fact that his merry music is dedicated to his God seems to have kept it pristine: whereas the work of the earliest secular composer Broyles examines is mainly of documentary interest.
    • That poignancy cannot be recaptured now, and the choreography's mass yearnings and grievings feel uncomfortably religiose.
    Synonyms
    self-righteous, holier-than-thou, churchy, pious, pietistic, moralizing, unctuous, smug, superior, priggish, mealy-mouthed, hypocritical, insincere, for form's sake, to keep up appearances

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin religiosus, from religio 'reverence, obligation'.

 
 

Definition of religiose in US English:

religiose

adjectiverɪˈlɪdʒiˌoʊsriˈlijēˌōs
  • Excessively religious.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That poignancy cannot be recaptured now, and the choreography's mass yearnings and grievings feel uncomfortably religiose.
    • There is none of the religiose sentiment that Europeans have, investing ancient buildings with meaning by dint of age alone.
    • The outer acts are swift and urgent, transcendental but never religiose.
    • Yet although Billings was never religiose, the fact that his merry music is dedicated to his God seems to have kept it pristine: whereas the work of the earliest secular composer Broyles examines is mainly of documentary interest.
    • Of course, a reader doesn't have to accept the essays' religiose atmospherics or fabulist presumption to be affected by Berger's tone.
    Synonyms
    self-righteous, holier-than-thou, churchy, pious, pietistic, moralizing, unctuous, smug, superior, priggish, mealy-mouthed, hypocritical, insincere, for form's sake, to keep up appearances

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin religiosus, from religio ‘reverence, obligation’.

 
 
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