religious ceremony religious ritual | a ceremony having religious meaning |
rite religious rite | an established ceremony prescribed by a religion, the rite of baptism |
service religious service divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules, the Sunday service |
Oblation religious offering | the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist |
religious residence cloister | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) |
religious trance ecstatic state | a trance induced by intense religious devotion, does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances |
religion faith religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny, he lost his faith but not his morality |
cult cultus religious cult | a system of religious beliefs and rituals, devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin |
mysticism religious mysticism | a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality |
religious orientation | an attitude toward religion or religious practices |
sacred text sacred writing religious writing religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
religious doctrine church doctrine gospel creed | the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group |
religious music church music | genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies |
religious song | religious music for singing |
sect religious sect religious order | a subdivision of a larger religious group |
Religious Society of Friends Society of Friends Quakers | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about , commonly called Quakers |
religious school | a school run by a religious body |
religious right | United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools |
religious movement | a movement intended to bring about religious reforms |
religious person | a person who manifests devotion to a deity |
heretic misbeliever religious outcast | a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church |
mystic religious mystic | someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension |
religious | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
religious leader | leader of a religious order |
religious festival church festival | a festival having religious significance |
religious holiday holy day | a day specified for religious observance |
religious | of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows, the religious or regular clergy conducts the service |
religious | having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity, a religious man, religious attitude |
quasi-religious | resembling something that is religious |
religious spiritual | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church, religious texts, a member of a religious order, lords temporal and spiritual, spiritual leaders, spiritual songs |
religious | extremely scrupulous and conscientious, religious in observing the rules of health |