interreligious

[in-ter-ri-lij-uhs]

adjective

1. existing or communicating between different religions.

interreligious

/ ˌɪntərɪˈlɪdʒəs /

adjective

1. conducted, involving, or existing between two or more religious groups or movements

Other Word Forms

• interreligiously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interreligious¹

First recorded in 1890–95; inter- + religious

Example Sentences

One of his first meetings after his election was with an interreligious delegation, where he praised the "Jewish roots of Christianity" and honored the "growing commitment to dialogue and fraternity" between Catholics and Muslims.

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The chair of the Interreligious Council of Kenya, Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho, described the four as "peace-loving people" who were involved in humanitarian work.

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At Marseille’s Cedres Mosque, next to the projects, Salah Bariki, who has worked on interreligious affairs with city hall, said youth are struggling with exactly that sense of rejection from France.

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“If they can’t do it by force, they will try to sow strife,” he said, vowing to block “any outside interference, provocations with the aim of causing interethnic or interreligious conflicts as aggressive actions against our country, as an attempt to once again foment terrorism and extremism in Russia as a tool to fight us.”

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“It is a much-desired visit, which will be an opportunity to embrace a Church that is small in number, but vibrant in faith and great in charity; and also to meet at close quarters a noble, wise people, with a strong religious tradition that I will have the honor of getting to know, especially in the context of an interreligious event,” Francis said Sunday.

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