religion
re.li.gion \ri-'lij-*n\ n [ME religioun, fr. L religion-, religio
reverence, religion,]prob. fr. religare to tie back - more at RELY 1a1: the
service and worship of God or the supernatural 1a2: commitment or devotion
to religious faith or observance 1b: the state of a religious 2: a
personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, belie fs,
and practices archaic 3: scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS 4: a
cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith