<p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.</li><li>Imbued with or exhibiting religion; pious; devout; godly: a religious man.</li><li>Synonyms: reverent</li><li>Antonyms: impious</li><li>Scrupulously faithful; conscientious: religious care.</li><li>Synonyms: rigorous, meticulous, strict, scrupulous</li><li>Pertaining to or connected with a monastic or religious order.</li><li>Appropriate to religion or to sacred rites or observances.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>A member of a religious order, congregation, etc.; a monk, friar, or nun.</li><li>The religious, devout or religious persons: Each year, thousands of the religious make pilgrimages to the shrine.</li></ul>