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religiose

American  
[ri-lij-ee-ohs, -lij-ee-ohs] / rɪˌlɪdʒ iˈoʊs, -ˈlɪdʒ iˌoʊs /

adjective

  1. characterized by religiosity.


religiose British  
/ rɪˈlɪdʒɪˌəʊs, rɪˌlɪdʒɪˈɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. affectedly or extremely pious; sanctimoniously religious

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Other Word Forms

  • religiosely adverb
  • religiosity noun

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

II, 41, 85: is est hodie locus sæptus religiose propter Iovis pueri, qui lactens cum lunone Fortunæ in gremio sedens, ... eodemque tempore in eo loco, ubi Fortunæ nunc est ædes, etc.

From A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Magoffin, Ralph Van Deman

"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