Entry Word: religion

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <the Jewish religion has followers in many parts of the globe>

Synonyms credo, creed, cult, faith, persuasion

Related Words church, communion, denomination, sect; belief, doctrine, dogma, theology; monotheism, polytheism, theism

Near Antonyms agnosticism, atheism, secularism

2 belief and trust in and loyalty to God <without his religion, he would not have been able to survive all the difficulties he has faced over the years> — see faith 1