| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
Synonyms: |
apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
| Main Entry: | pious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated, religious |
Synonyms: |
born-again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual |
Antonyms: |
atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked |
| Main Entry: | religious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning belief in divinity |
Synonyms: |
believing, born-again, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontifical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological |
Antonyms: |
agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly |
| Main Entry: | sacerdotal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious |
Synonyms: |
apostolic, clerical, ministerial, priestly, sacred |