religie

From Middle Dutch religie, earlier also religioen, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō.

• IPA^(key): /rəˈliɣi/

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• Hyphenation: re‧li‧gie

religie f (plural religies, diminutive religietje n)

1. (religion) faith, religion, a system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death

   Synonyms: geloof, godsdienst

   Een overheid hoort geen religie te bedrijven.

   A government shouldn't be in the business of managing religion.

2. religious denomination, such as an organized church

   Synonyms: geloof, confessie

3. (figuratively) something one adheres to devotedly

   Een minuscuul prentje van de "Zonnebloemen" van Van Gogh gaf te kennen dat hier ten huize de sociaaldemocratie de religie was.

   A minuscule picture of Van Gogh's Sunflowers indicated that social democracy was the practiced religion here in our home.

• → Indonesian: religi

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈli.ɡjɛ/
• Rhymes: -iɡjɛ
• Syllabification: re‧li‧gie

religie

1. nominative plural of religia
2. accusative plural of religia
3. vocative plural of religia

• religiune — obsolete

Borrowed from French religion, German Religion, both from Latin religio.

• IPA^(key): [reˈlidʒie]

religie f (plural religii)

1. religion

• religios

• “religie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.