1 [U] the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them:
Is there always a conflict between science and religion?
2 [C] one of the systems of faith that are based on the belief in the existence of a particular god or gods:
the Jewish religion * Christianity, Islam and other world religions * The law states that everyone has the right to practise their own religion.
3 [sing.] a particular interest or influence that is very important in your life:
For him, football is an absolute religion.
IDIOMS
get religion (informal, disapproving) to suddenly become interested in religion
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for religion is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is religion a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, religion is tagged as noun.
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