Defn: To bring under the influence of religion. [R.] Mallock.
RELIGIONLESS
Re*li"gion*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of religion.
RELIGIOSITY Re*lig`i*os"i*ty (-lj`-s"-t), n. Etym: [L. religiositas: cf. F. religiosit.]
Defn: The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness. [R.] M. Arnold.
RELIGIOUS Re*li"gious (r-lj"s), a. Etym: [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.