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The Latin term religiō, the origin of the modern lexeme religion (via Old French / Middle Latin [2]), is of ultimately obscure etymology. It is recorded beginning in the 1st century BC, i.e. in Classical Latin at the end of the Roman Republic, notably by Cicero, in the sense of "scrupulous or strict observance of the traditional cultus ".
13 paź 2021 · c. 1200, "devout, pious, imbued with or expressive of religious devotion," used of Christians, Jews, pagans; also "belonging to a religious order," from Anglo-French religius, Old French religious (12c., Modern French religieux) and directly from Latin religiosus, "pious, devout,
According to the philologist Max Müller in the 19th century, the root of the English word religion, the Latin religiō, was originally used to mean only reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things, piety (which Cicero further derived to mean diligence).
Find religio (Noun) in the Latin Online Dictionary with English meanings, all fabulous forms & inflections and a conjugation table: religio, religionis, religioni, religionem, religiones, religionum.
There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun religion, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
What's the Latin word for religion? Here's how you say it. Latin Translation. religio. More Latin words for religion. religio noun. sainthood, qualms, uprightness, remorse, honesty. relligio noun.
A system of religious belief, a religion (late Lat.): “ Christiana, ” Christianity, Eutr. 10, 16 fin.; Leo M. Serm. 66, 2 init.: “ Christianam religionem absolutam et simplicem anili superstitione confundens, ” Amm. 21, 16, 18; Lact. 5, 2, 8.
