religiose
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of religiose
1850–55; < Latin religiōsus; see religious
Example Sentences
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At its best, however, fans can feel part of something wonderful, complicated, even religiose, something much larger than themselves and generations old.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2019
He was playing well, and in that uniquely religiose American way he attributed this to his mother, who was watching from heaven and urging him on.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2013
As well an airplane-disaster movie, Flight is a solemn and faintly anti-climactic tale of personal growth and moral choices, with some religiose murmurings about survival and fate.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2013
"Richmond's March" is also serious, and is marked "religiose," an allusion to his well-known habit of praying!
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
"Sponsa ipsius," so the record says, "in qua sancte et religiose dies suos clausit"; a bride who in sanctity and religious days closed her life.
From The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by Jordan, David Starr
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