Religious

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

II. Religious ·adj Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

III. Religious ·adj Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, ·etc.

IV. Religious ·noun 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.

V. Religious ·adj 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.