adj. & n.
--adj.
1. devoted to religion; pious, devout.
2 of or concerned with religion.
3 of or belonging to a monastic order.
4 scrupulous, conscientious (a religious attention to detail).
--n. (pl. same) a person bound by monastic vows.
Derivatives:
religiously adv. religiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. AF religius, OF religious f. L religiosus (as RELIGION)