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as in spiritual
of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote some of the most beautiful religious music in the world
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as in pious
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
a deeply religious woman who eventually decided to quit her job and to become a nun
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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a woman known for embracing various causes with a religious enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of religious
Eve Sampson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
But three state representatives are looking to change that by introducing a bill that acknowledges the cultural and religious importance of Three Kings Day by allowing students in Connecticut to observe the holiday.
—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
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The missing people are all members of a religious minority, the Yazidi, who were a particular focus of the brutal campaign of terror that ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, launched in 2014.
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As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
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With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.—
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Cambodia’s Art Come Home: Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning.—
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Advertisement Nazanin goes through the same preparations as Salme, who has turned supremely pious in the intervening years, and Zari, who has grown more level-headed, not to say jaded.—
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If some punters were irritatingly pious, many also had the time of their life.—
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Young Americans are increasingly passionate about meritocracy again, and we should all be encouraged about their potential as the C-suite’s next generation of leaders.—
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Rodz, who’d come from a financial and entrepreneurship background herself, was also passionate about serving small businesses.—
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Olivia Colman plays a singing nun in a fun new adventure that sends the children's hero into the Amazon Comments One of the most enjoyable things for a critic is to attend a screening for a family film.—
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Lawrence looks out his window and sees young nuns exiting another building below him, laughing and hopeful.—
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The tribe argues it wasn't adequately consulted in the federal planning process, that construction crosses sacred sites and that the pipeline poses a pollution risk to its water supply.—
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His verses evoke sacred rivers, fertile grounds and gardens bright with sinuous rills—a lyrical world beyond the inauspicious reality of its start-point.—
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Her father, a devout Catholic, later took the throne as James II.—
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Friends and mentors remember Dobson as a devout Christian from a young age, known for his kindness, humor, and dedication to his faith.—
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There are some things novice and experienced dog owners should know to raise a successful pup to adulthood.—
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As Syrus Solo Jin wrote in Time, budget blunders by overwhelmed novices meant police weren’t paid on time.—
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Mardi Gras is truly a global phenomenon and every celebration is different, even if they are all tied to the liturgical calendar and the same principal of wild revelry.—
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Many of those who expressed the greatest outrage at these liturgical restrictions are part of or allied with camps on the Catholic right crusading against liberalism in secular society and government.—
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“Religious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/religious. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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