religiousness
Variant of religious
re·li·gious (ri lij′əs)
adjective
- characterized by adherence to religion or a religion; devout; pious; godly
- of, concerned with, appropriate to, or teaching religion religious books
- belonging to a community of monks, nuns, etc.
- conscientiously exact; careful; scrupulous
Etymology: OFr < L religiosus
noun pl. religious -·gious
Related Forms:
- religiously re·li′·giously adverb
- religiousness re·li′·gious·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which ourdull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive formsöthis knowledge, this feeling, isatthe centerof true religiousness.In thissense, and in this sense only, I belong to the rank of devoutly religious men.
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