Imbued with, exhibiting, or arising from religion; pious; godly; devout: as, a religious man; religious behavior: used in the authorized version of the Bible of outward observance (Jas. i. 26; Acts xiii. 43).Pertaining or devoted to a monastic life; belonging to a religious order; in the Roman Catholic Church, bound by the vows of a monastic order; regular.Bound by or abiding by some solemn obligation; scrupulously faithful; conscientious.Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching or setting forth religion; set apart for purposes connected with religion: as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects; religious books or teachers; religious liberty.Synonyms Devotional.Scrupulous, exact, strict, rigid. See religion.n. One who is bound by monastic vows, as a monk, a friar, or a nun.