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Common collocations with religious in American Collocation

religious adjective

US /rəˈlɪdʒəs/

expressed in an open way

explicitly
overtly

Few of the quotations were overtly religious.

only or exactly

purely
specifically
strictly

This is a political rather than a purely religious issue.

mostly

essentially

Whilst some war memorials were essentially religious in character, others were primarily secular.

belief

affiliation
belief
conviction
faith
tradition

I can understand the strength of feeling with which many people hold religious beliefs.

group of people

community
denomination
group
institution
minority
movement
sect

The Christian Union is the largest religious group on the campus.

activities and duties

ceremony
festival
observance
practice
ritual
worship

Sharia is the sacred law of Islam, and applies to all aspects of life, not just religious practices.

bad feelings or treatment

discrimination
hatred
intolerance
persecution

Legislation has been introduced to tackle religious discrimination in employment.

right to have beliefs

freedom
liberty
tolerance

This law is meant to promote religious freedom.

teaching

education
instruction

The government has scrapped a proposal to drop religious education from the school curriculum.

leader

leader

The country’s efforts to ensure inter-religious harmony have been fully approved by international religious leaders.