Sekirov Dictionary

religion

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/

noun 6
verb 3
forms 3

noun6

•
believing in a god or some other higher power, and the acts people perform because of it
- My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
•
A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
- Islam is a major religion, particularly in North Africa and Southwest Asia.
- Mormonism is a new religion, while Zoroastrianism is an old one.
•
Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
- At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
•
(informal) Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them.
- I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.
- Jack's spiritual, but he's not really into religion.
•
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
- The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
•
(no longer used) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
- Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same! — 1603

verb3

•
Engage in religious practice.
- Religious practice and action (“religioning”) can be liberating, and can connect displaced people with the spirits of home. — 2015
•
Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
- To men whose minds are thus religioned, tied back to gods that never advance, there can never be any such word as progress — 1890
•
To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.
- If queer Jews, Muslims and Christians are engaged in queering their religions, they are also engaged in what might becalled 'religioning' the queer. — 2013

forms

religioned · religioning · religions

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