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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, religioun, "state of life bound by monastic vows," also "action or conduct indicating a belief in a divine power and reverence for and desire to please it," from Anglo-French religiun (11c.), Old French religion, relegion "piety, devotion; religious community," and directly from Latin religionem (nominative religio) "respect for what ...
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.
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.
Latin religio was likened by the ancients to relegere, ‘to go over again in thought’ (Cic. Nat. D. 2. 72) or to religare, ‘to bind’ (Lucr. 1. 931; Livy 5. 23. 10), and designates religious scrupulosity as well as the sense of bonds between gods and humans.
26 paź 2024 · From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“ scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence ”).
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.