religion
noun
[ rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)n ]
• the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
• "ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
Similar:
faith,
belief,
divinity,
worship,
creed,
teaching,
doctrine,
theology,
sect,
cult,
religious group,
faith community,
church,
denomination,
body,
following,
persuasion,
affiliation,
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘life under monastic vows’): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n- ) ‘obligation, bond, reverence’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’.
