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Religion
RELIGION, n. relij'on. [L. religio, from religo, to bind anew; re and ligo, to bind. This word seems originally to have signified an oath or vow to the gods, or the obligation of such an oath or vow, which was held very sacred by the Romans.]
1. Religion, in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man's obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion.
2. Religion, as distinct from theology, is godliness or real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men, in obedience to divine command, or from love to God and his law. James 1.
3. Religion, as distinct from virtue, or morality, consists in the performance of the duties we owe directly to God, from a principle of obedience to his will. Hence we often speak of religion and virtue, as different branches of one system, or the duties of the first and second tables of the law.
Let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion.
4. Any system of faith and worship. In this sense, religion comprehends the belief and worship of pagans and Mohammedans, as well as of christians; any religion consisting in the belief of a superior power or powers governing the world, and in the worship of such power or powers. Thus we speak of the religion of the Turks, of the Hindoos, of the Indians, etc. as well as of the christian religion. We speak of false religion, as well as of true religion.
5. The rites of religion; in the plural.
religion appears in definitions for these words:
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Abbey Abdals Advance Alien Alike Amphictyons Anniversary Antichristian Antichristianism Apostasy Apostate Apparel Assassins Association Astray Audacious Awakening Backslider Backsliding Bear Belief Bigot Braminism Brother Calculate Calif Canon Capital Catechetical Catechise Catechiser Catechism Catechist Catechumen Cause Ceremonial Ceremony Change Cherish Chistianity Christendom Christening Christian Christianism Christianly Church Church-member Circumcise Circumstantial Comprehensibly Conceit Concern Condition Conduce Confessor Conflict Conformation Console Convent Conversion Convert Converted Copula Countenance Cross Crucifix Cry Curb Daringly Deanery Debar Debase Decline Deism Deist Delegation Deride Determinately Detriment Devotedness Devotee Devotion Devout Difficulty Disaffection Discipline Disputatious Disquietude Dissident Druid Druidism Eat Ecclesiastic Educate Eld Embrace Eminence Emissary Err Essential Establishment Evermore Excessive Exercise Experimental Exteriors Externals Faithful Faithless Faithlessness Fanatic Fanaticism Fane Farce Fatness Fervor Fixation Fixedness Flourish Foe Formalist Gentoo Ghostly Gnostic Goodness Gospel Gospelized Gospelizing Ground Guiniad Heathen Heathenism Hell Herbage Heresy Heretic Hierophant Hight Homily Hope Huff Huguenotism Humbird Hypocrisy Hypocrite Hypocritic Icy Illiberal Impediment Inconformity Indebted Instruct Instrument Intercommunity Irreligion Irreligionist Irreligious Jest Judaizer Laodicean Laodiceanism Latitudinarianism Levity Libertine Light Live Lover Luculent Lukewarmness Lutheranism Manners Mawmetry Meat Meditate Messiahship Misbelief Misbeliever Miscreance Mission Missionary Mohair-shell Mohammedanism Monastic Monk Mysterious Mystery Natural Now Nullifidian Nunnery Object-glass Observance Operative Overthrow Pagan Pastor Perfectionist Persecuting Pharisaicalness Pharisaicical Pharisaism Pharisee Philosophy Phylactery Pietist Pious Popery Presbytery Prevent Priest Principle Probable Profane Profanity Profession Professionally Promote Propagate Proselyte Proselytism Protestant Protestantism Proud Prudentials Pundit Pure Purification Quietism Recognizance Recusant Redound Reference Reformation Reformer Reformist Religion Religionary Religious Religiously Reprobate Resemblance Rest Reverential Revival Revolt Right Righteousness Rite Rock-alum Roman Romanist Romanize Romish Run Saber Sabianism Sacred Sacrifice Sceptic Scepticism Scoff Scorner Scornful Scurrilously Sect Sectarian Sectarianism Sedulity Seeker Seriousness Serviceable Set Shame Shaster Shell Shift Shrove-tuesday Solemn Solicitously Specious Spiritual Spirituality Spiritually Sport Stalking-horse Stiffness Stigmatize Sublimation Submit Substantially Subvert Superstition Superstitious Superstitiously Supporter Swerve Symbol Synneurosis Take Talapoin Teachable Teacher Tend Tender Theology Therapeutics Thought Time Tolerate Tradition Tranquilize Transforming Truckle Tumultuary Turcism Turn Unconverted Undue Unessential Uniform Unwritten Virtue Vital Walk Wariness Warm Weave Whole Wholesome Wisdom Worship
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