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Synonyms for religion

noun

  1. Belief in or relationship to a superior being or beings

    belief, faith, creed, devotion, piety, spirituality, persuasion, godliness, morality, religiosity, theology, faithfulness, devoutness, myth, superstition, supernaturalism, doctrine, confession, cult, mythology, communion, religious conscience, fidelity, spiritual-mindedness, religious bent, ethical standard; see also faith 2.

  2. Organized worship or service of a deity

    veneration, adoration, consecration, sanctification, prayer, ritual, rites, liturgy, ceremonial, holy sacrifice, incantation, holiday, observance, pietism, orthodoxy, reformism; see also ceremony 2.

  3. A specific system of belief and worship

    faith, denomination, sect; see church 3, faith 2. see also church 3.

    Religions include: Christianity, Mormonism, Christian Science, Zen Buddhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sunni Islam, Sunnite Islam, Shi`a Islam, Shiite Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Judaism, Theosophy, Zoroastrianism, Shintoism, Taoism, Bahai, Gnosticism, deism, theism, polytheism, dualism;

get religion*

be converted, believe, change, be born again; see reform 3.

See religion in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A system of religious belief:

confession, creed, denomination, faith, persuasion, sect. See religion

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