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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | churchly |
| Synonyms: | clerical, diaconal, episcopal, holy, ministerial, orthodox, parochial, pastoral, religious, sectarian, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | God-fearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious |
| Synonyms: | churchgoing, dedicated, devoted, devout, ecclesiastical, faithful, godly, goody-goody, holy, orthodox, pious, prayerful, reverent, righteous, sacred, spiritual, theological |
| Main Entry: | pious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated, religious |
| Synonyms: | born-again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual |
| Antonyms: | atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked |
| Main Entry: | religious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning belief in divinity |
| Synonyms: | believing, born-again, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontifical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological |
| Antonyms: | agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly |
| Main Entry: | theological |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, concerning a god-centered philosophy |
| Synonyms: | apostolic, canonical, churchly, deistic, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, metaphysical, scriptural, theistic |
| Antonyms: | irreligious |
| Main Entry: | ministerial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | priestly |
| Synonyms: | canonical, clergy, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, holy, pastoral, religious |
| Main Entry: | churchly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritual |
| Synonyms: | churchlike, churchy, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, holy, religious |
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