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Synonyms & Antonyms for religious
Synonyms: Adjective
Antonyms: Adjective
nonreligious, profane, secular
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Examples of religious in a Sentence
Adjective
My religious beliefs forbid the drinking of alcohol. Religious leaders called for an end to the violence. His wife is very active in the church, but he's not religious himself.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Santino William Legan, the gunman who killed three people at a food festival in California, had compiled a ‘‘target list’’ that included religious groups. — BostonGlobe.com, "Lindsey Graham warns Trump about Afghanistan drawdown," 26 Aug. 2019 At the time, the pair faced hateful backlash from religious groups. — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, "Two Male Penguins in Berlin Join Long Line of Same-Sex Pairs to Adopt an Egg," 16 Aug. 2019 One of South Asia’s biggest religious groups was conspicuously left off: Muslims. — New York Times, "India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. Muslims Are Afraid.," 14 Aug. 2019 Meanwhile, the protesters in the video reference a real-life religious group that pickets outside Swift’s concerts, not the white working class in general, as some have assumed. — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, "Taylor Swift on Sexism, Scrutiny, and Standing Up for Herself," 8 Aug. 2019 Courtesy the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites DIVINE HARMONY New Harmony’s story begins in Germany, with a religious group called the Harmony Society, or the Rappites. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "This small Indiana town is a hotbed of utopianism," 5 Aug. 2019 In a July blog post, the company revealed it that reporting a tweet that dehumanizes a religious group would result in Twitter requiring the user to delete their tweet. — Xavier Harding, Fortune, "Twitter, Unable to Control Its Worst Elements, Rolls out a Site Redesign," 16 July 2019 Instead, the judges should believe the lawyers’ claims that the ban was not targeted at any religious group and was not at all discriminatory: the ban was just a reflection of concerns about national security. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, "The Challenge to Obamacare and a Legal Question: Does What Politicians Say Matter?," 16 July 2019 Teachers, religious groups, and stay-at-home moms joined in the demonstrations—as have lawyers, bankers, business owners and other professionals in an impressive show of unity. — Time, "Why Business Has a Stake in Hong Kong's Protests," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'religious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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