religiousness
Deep spiritual commitment
Religiousness is the quality of being religious—devout, pious, or concerned with matters of faith.
It describes how strongly someone adheres to religious beliefs or practices: Her religiousness deepened after the accident.
The word overlaps with religiosity, though religiosity more often carries a hint of excessive or performative piety.
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
commitment · observance · veneration · adoration · prostration · pilgrimage · meditation · zeal
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
virtuousness · humility · contrition · chastity · purity · morality · asceticism · abstinence
Trust without proof
- convictionFirmly held belief
- creedStatement of belief
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- theologyStudy of the divine
dogma · orthodoxy · tenet · theism · monotheism · polytheism · pantheism · deism
Protected sacred space
- shrineSacred devotional place
- altarSacred ritual table
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
- chapelSmall worship room
cathedral · temple · mosque · synagogue · vestments · relics · icons · rosary
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- meditationFocused attention practice
contemplation · nirvana · moksha · satori · karma · dharma · reincarnation · soul
Formal event marking occasions
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- communionProfound shared closeness
ablution · fasting · procession · chanting · incantation · offertory · baptism · confirmation
prayer
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
dedication · commitment · observance · veneration · adoration · prostration · pilgrimage · meditation · zeal · faithfulness
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
saintliness · virtuousness · humility · contrition · chastity · purity · morality · asceticism · abstinence · temperance
faith
Trust without proof
- convictionFirmly held belief
- creedStatement of belief
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
theology · dogma · orthodoxy · tenet · theism · monotheism · polytheism · pantheism · deism · animism
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
- shrineSacred devotional place
- altarSacred ritual table
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
chapel · cathedral · temple · mosque · synagogue · vestments · relics · icons · rosary · censer
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
meditation · contemplation · nirvana · moksha · satori · karma · dharma · reincarnation · soul · afterlife
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
communion · ablution · fasting · procession · chanting · incantation · offertory · baptism · confirmation · ordination
- KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard, leap of faith, angst, subjectivity, existential dread
religiousnessirreligion
Absence of faith
godlessness · impiety · unbelief · atheism · faithlessness
religiousnessirreverence
Disregard for what's honored
blasphemy · profanity · sacrilege · impiety · ungodliness
religiousnesssecularism
Separation of faith, state
worldliness · secularity · materialism · naturalism · secular humanism
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