Bible Dictionaries
Religious

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

(2):

(n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.

(4):

(a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.

(5):

(a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Religious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/religious.html. 1828.