{
    "term": "religious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with religion or with a particular religion",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**religious beliefs/convictions/faith**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**religious freedom/liberty**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**religious traditions/practices/ceremonies**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "religious institutions/organizations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**religious education** *(= education about religion)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**religious instruction** *(= instruction in a particular religion)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **religious order** *(= group of people living in a religious community)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a religious minority/community"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation for many ethnic and religious minorities remains dangerous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**religious groups/leaders**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "religious conservatives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 2000, the Greek government eliminated religious affiliation from citizens' identity cards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "objects which have a religious significance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a religious house *(= a  or )"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He distanced himself from the strictly religious aspects of the music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Yoga is essentially religious and not just physical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the specifically religious content of the programme"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "believing strongly in a particular religion and obeying its laws and practices",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His wife is very religious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **deeply religious** man"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Although I'm not particularly religious, I whispered a few words of prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mother noticed that he had become more religious."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈlɪdʒəs/",
                "audio": "re/religious/religious__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈlɪdʒəs/",
                "audio": "re/religious/religious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin religiosus, from religio ‘reverence, obligation’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’."
}