Re‐li″gious (r?–l?j″?s), a. [OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.] 1. 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.
Our law forbids at their religious rites
My presence. Milton.
2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
Men whose lives
Religious titled them the sons of God. Mlton
3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
Thus, Indianlike,
Religious in my error, I adore
The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. Shak.
4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
One of them is religious. Chaucer.
Syn. — Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.