religion

Definitions


[rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods
(e.g: ideas about the relationship between science and religion)


Phrases:
- get religion

Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘life under monastic vows’): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-) ‘obligation, bond, reverence’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries