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religious

religious: listen to American pronunciation/rɪˈlɪdʒ·əs/ adj

Definition

of, relating to, or involved with religion, or living and worshiping according to the beliefs of a particular religion:
a religious holiday
He is deeply religious.
(Definition of religious adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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