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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,...
- Religion
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
4 dni temu · A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them. ( Émile Durkheim)
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.
1 sty 1998 · Religion may be interpreted as a socio-cultural organization underpinned by collective practices of worship, faith, sacred ceremonies, and a belief in a supreme, supernatural being (Idinopulos...
The classical etymology of the word, traced to Cicero, derives it from relegere: re (again) + lego (read) where lego is in the sense of "go over", "choose", or "consider carefully".
Some experts suggest that the word “religio” may have derived from the verb “religare,” meaning “to bind” or “to connect,” while others argue that it may have originated from “relegere,” which means “to read again” or “to carefully consider.”
