| NOUN | attribute | religiousness, devoutness | piety by virtue of being devout |
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| attribute | religiousness | the quality of being extremely conscientious |
| Meaning | piety by virtue of being devout. | |
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| Synonym | devoutness | |
| Narrower | religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism | exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal |
| Broader | piety, piousness | righteousness by virtue of being pious |
| Spanish | devoción, religiosidad | |
| Catalan | devoció, religiositat | |
| Adjectives | religious | having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity |
| religious | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | |
| Meaning | The quality of being extremely conscientious. | |
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| Example | "his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness" | |
| Broader | conscientiousness | The quality of being in accord / accord with the dictates of conscience |
| Adjectives | religious | extremely scrupulous and conscientious |
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