英语词汇“religion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	religion
释义	re·li·gion \rə̇ˈlijən, rēˈ-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Latin religion-, religio reverence, piety, religion, probably from religare to tie back, tie up, tie fast + -ion-, -io -ion — more at rely 1. : the personal commitment to and serving of God or a god with worshipful devotion, conduct in accord with divine commands especially as found in accepted sacred writings or declared by authoritative teachers, a way of life recognized as incumbent on true believers, and typically the relating of oneself to an organized body of believers < ministers of religion > 2. : the state of a religious < retire into religion > < the nun died in her thirtieth year of religion > 3. a. : one of the systems of faith and worship : a religious faith < monotheistic religions > < tolerant of all religions > < for bidding discrimination because of race, color, or religion > b. : the body of institutionalized expressions of sacred beliefs, observances, and social practices found within a given cultural context < the religion of this primitive people > 4. : the profession or practice of religious beliefs : religious observances < the kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services — Sinclair Lewis > 5. archaic : scrupulous conformity : conscientiousness, fidelity 6. a. : a personal awareness or conviction of the existence of a supreme being or of supernatural powers or influences controlling one's own, humanity's, or all nature's destiny < only man appears to be capable of religion > b. : the access of such an awareness or conviction accompanied by or arousing reverence, gratitude, humility, the will to obey and serve : religious experience or insight < in middle life he suddenly got religion > 7. a. : a cause, principle, system of tenets held with ardor, devotion, conscientiousness, and faith : a value held to be of supreme importance < by making democracy our religion and by practicing as well as preaching its doctrines — W.O.Douglas > < Marxism was his religion > < he has made a religion of pleasure, and it is a brave thing to do these days — Gerald Sykes > b. : a quality, condition, custom, or thing inspiring zealous devotion, conscientious maintenance, and cherishing < a religion with him to preserve in good condition all that had lapsed from his mother's hands — Thomas Hardy > Synonyms: faith, church, creed, communion, denomination, sect, cult, persuasion: religion is a general term especially applicable to the great revelations and the larger subdivisions among their believers < the Christian religion > < the Roman Catholic or Methodist religion > faith is applicable to any formulated and established major religious group; it may or may not suggest ardent, complete acceptance < the Muhammadan faith > < the Mormon faith > < men of all faiths > church is likely to stress the existence of an established formal organization and procedure; it may suggest a Christian rather than non-Christian context < the Orthodox Church > < the Presbyterian Church > creed differs from faith in more strongly suggesting formal doctrinal expression of what is believed — accord on the basis of doctrinal assent — but is applicable to most religious groups < men of the Lutheran creed > < the creed of Hebraism > communion may suggest accord on liturgical or sacramental practice and earnest, close fellowship in worship; it is applicable to both larger and smaller groups. denomination is likely to suggest a smaller section called by a distinctive name of a larger group < various Protestant denominations > sect now indicates a smaller group which has split off from a larger through discontent with some matter of doctrine or observance < the Uniat sect > < a sect composed of the followers of John Huss > cult suggests a small group holding to unusual, grotesque, or secret spurious notions and rituals < forbade the practice of certain eastern cults, and expelled from Rome Greek and Asiatic magicians — John Buchan > persuasion may suggest conviction arising from evangelism or exhortation — often it is more or less interchangeable with faith < chapel goers, people of Wesleyan persuasion >
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