Religious
1) Concerning religion or belief in the divine. 2) A technical term indicating a religious order or congregation in which the members voluntarily commit themselves by vows for life, or a term of years, to holding their possessions in common or in trust, to living a celibate life in community, and to obedience to their rule and constitution. The term may also indicate a member of such a religious order or congregation. See Conference on the Religious Life in the Anglican Communion in the Americas, The.
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