Pious vs. Religious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pious and Religious
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Pious
Earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; reverent or devout
A pious nun.
Religious
Relating to or believing in a religion
Religious music
Both men were deeply religious and moralistic
Pious
Showing or characterized by religious devotion
Pious observance.
Religious
A person bound by monastic vows.
Pious
Expressive of or used in religious devotion; devotional
Pious readings.
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Religious
Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.
Pious
Done for the benefit of others or with the intention of encouraging good
Practicers of the noble lie and the pious fraud.
Religious
Of, concerned with, or teaching religion
A religious text.
Pious
Sincere but wishful or far-fetched
A pious hope that the new method will work.
Religious
Extremely scrupulous or conscientious
Religious devotion to duty.
Pious
Self-righteous or sanctimonious
Pious denunciations of sexual harassment.
Religious
A member of a monastic order, especially a nun or monk.
Pious
(Archaic) Professing or exhibiting traditional morality; dutiful.
Religious
Concerning religion.
It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
Pious
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
Religious
Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
Pious
Relating to religion or religious works.
Religious
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
Pious
Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.
Religious
A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
Pious
Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
Where was the martial brother's pious care?
Religious
Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
Our law forbids at their religious ritesMy presence.
Pious
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
Religious
Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
Men whose livesReligious titled them the sons of God.
Pious
Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity;
Pious readings
Religious
Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
Thus, Indianlike,Religious in my error, I adoreThe sun, that looks upon his worshiper.
Pious
Devoutly religious;
A god-fearing and law-abiding people
Religious
Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
One of them is religious.
Religious
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.
Religious
A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
Religious
Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
Religious texts
A nenber if a religious order
Lords temporal and spiritual
Spiritual leaders
Spiritual songs
Religious
Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity;
A religious man
Religious attitude
Religious
Extremely scrupulous and conscientious;
Religious in observing the rules of health
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