Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a religious manner.
- Exactly; strictly; conscientiously: as, a vow or promise religiously observed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a religious manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In the manner of
religion . - adverb
Always .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by religion
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.
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The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.
Religion 2010
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The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.
Current Affairs 2010
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Muslims (particularly in religiously fanatical Iran ... land of the Ayatollah) have often bragged about how much they respect women.
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The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.
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The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.
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The numbers drop significantly for the 37% in religiously mixed marriages: 48% say they pray or read Scripture with their children, and 44% say they send their children for religious education, says Greg Smith, a Pew research fellow and co-author of the survey.
Survey: More have dropped dogma for spirituality in U.S. 2008
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In this case, the aliens are the Utods, six-limbed creatures for which fertility is held in religiously high regard - which is a nice way of saying that they wallow in their own feces.
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UPDATE - Expat Yank points out - and rightly so - that 52 people were killed and 700 injured in religiously motivated hate crimes last month.
July 31, 2005 Laban 2005
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UPDATE - Expat Yank points out - and rightly so - that 52 people were killed and 700 injured in religiously motivated hate crimes last month.
Archive 2005-07-31 Laban 2005
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