English-German translations for religious

• religiös
  Der Staat ist nicht religiös. Der Staat hat die Religion zu respektieren. The State is not religious, but it has a duty to respect religion.
  Was sind normale religiöse Aktivitäten? What are normal religious activities?
  Die Unterdrückung hat oft einen religiösen Hintergrund. Repression often has a religious background.
• gläubig
  Das kommunistische Regime schlug damals diesen friedlichen Protest Gläubiger gewaltsam nieder. The Communist regime violently broke up this peaceful gathering of religious believers.
  Gläubige, Priester, Mönche und hohe geistliche Würdenträger werden schikaniert, verfolgt und eingesperrt. Worshippers, priests, monks and eminent religious dignitaries are harassed, persecuted and locked up.
  Hoffen wir – oder, wenn wir gläubig sind, beten wir –, dass alles möglicherweise wie durch ein Wunder in Ordnung kommt? Are we hoping – or, if we are religious, praying – that everything will perhaps sort itself out miraculously?
• fromm
• Ordensleute monikko
• Ordensmitglied das

Definition of religious

• Concerning religion
• Committed to the practice or adherence of religion
• Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion
• A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun

Examples

• It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues
• I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now
• Im a religious fan of college basketball

Related words

• irreligious
• religiously
• religiousness
• nonreligious
• multireligious
• interreligious
• antireligious
• unreligious
• areligious