religieux

American  

[ruh-lee-zhyœ] / rə liˈʒyœ /

adjective

1. religious; devout; pious.

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noun

plural

religieux

1. a person under monastic vows.

religieux British  

/ rəliʒjø /

noun

1. a member of a monastic order or clerical body

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Etymology

Origin of religieux

First recorded in 1640–50; from French, Old French religious religious ( def. )

Example Sentences

Helyot, Dict. des Ordres religieux, art.

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The historian describes Clotaire as a perfect paragon of Christian graces.494.“Au sixième siècle on compte 214 établissements religieux des Pyrénées à la Loire et des bouches du Rhône aux Vosges.”

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In his Voyage Religieux en Orient, the Abb� Michon pays homage to truth by this exclamation: 'It is a sad thing for Christian nations that religious tolerance, the great law of charity between the peoples, should have been taught by Mussulmans.'

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I. II. 180-4, 242, 251, 340, 347, 352, 354, 356.—Religieux de S. Denis, Hist. de Charles VI.,

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Both in Italy and France he was engaged in collecting materials for his great work, which occupied him about twenty-five years, L’Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux, et militaires, et des congr�gations s�culi�res, de l’un et de l’autre sexe, qui ont �t� �tablies jusqu’� pr�sent, published in 8 volumes in 1714-1721.

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