religious group

noun

plural religious groups

: any one of numerous groups whose members share the beliefs, observances, and/or social practices of a religion or sect

With nearly 80 million evangelical Christians in the U.S., they are the country's largest religious group and one of its most powerful voting blocs.

—Jonathan Montpetit

The City of Vaughan also has an active diversity and inclusion program that works to ensure that the many different ethnic, racial and religious groups in the city feel welcome and are able to participate in all aspects of community life.

—Heidi Riedner

Examples of religious group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the wake of the Holocaust, a United Nations convention has defined it as actions that are committed with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

That divide has left lawmakers balancing competing concerns from businesses, health experts, religious groups and now the ski industry as the debate over the nation's clocks heads back to Congress. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above