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13 paź 2021 · However, popular etymology among the later ancients (Servius, Lactantius, Augustine) and the interpretation of many modern writers connects it with religare "to bind fast" (see rely), via the notion of "place an obligation on," or "bond between humans and gods."
- Religion
c. 1200, religioun, "estado de vida sujeto a votos...
- Italiano
c. 1200, religioun, "stato di vita vincolato dai voti...
- German
14. Jahrhundert, relien, "um eine Armee, Anhänger, eine...
- Chinese
religion 的起源與含義: 約1200年，...
- Irreligion
irreligion. (n.) "lack of religion, contempt of religion,...
- Mysticism
word-forming element making nouns implying a practice,...
- Religate
"bind together," 1590s from Latin religatus, past participle...
- Religionless
c. 1200, religioun, "state of life bound by monastic vows,"...
- Religion
23 cze 2024 · religion ( countable and uncountable, plural religions) ( uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity ), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief. Synonym: faith. My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
The earliest known use of the noun religion is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for religion is from before 1200, in MS Trinity Cambridge.
12 sty 2017 · The etymological source of the term “religion”—which comes from the Latin noun religio (there isn’t really a precisely corresponding term in the Greek or Hebrew)—has been an ongoing subject of debate in the West since ancient times, and we’re still no closer to a resolution.
The Etymology of Religion.-By SARAH F. HOYT, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. TmE Oxford Dictionary says, The connection of the word religion with religare, to bind, has usually been favored by modern writers. This etymology, given by the Roman grammarian (end of 4th cent. A. D.) Servius (Relligio, id est metus ab eo quod mentem
25 cze 2021 · However, popular etymology among the later ancients (Servius, Lactantius, Augustine) and the interpretation of many modern writers connects it with religare "to bind fast" (see rely), via the notion of "place an obligation on," or "bond between humans and gods."
Sarah F. Hoyt, The Etymology of Religion, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1912), pp. 126-129.
