Synset

an institution to express belief in a divine power
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organized religion

sample sentences

"he was raised in the Baptist religion"
"a member of his own faith contradicted him"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

religious religionist

semantic pointers

hypernym

institution, establishment

hyponym

church, Christian church Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish religion Hinduism, Hindooism Taoism Buddhism Khalsa Scientology, Church of Scientology Shinto established church sect, religious order, religious sect cult cult

member of this domain (topic)

canonize, canonise, saint exorcise, exorcize confirm covenant redeem, save, deliver