Religious vs Shaheed - What's the difference?
religious | shaheed |
Concerning religion.
Committed to the practice of religion.
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise.
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As nouns the difference between religious and shaheed
is that religious is a member of a religious order, ie a monk or nun while shaheed is an islamic or sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in paradise.As an adjective religious
is concerning religion.religious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
Antonyms
* (concerning religion) * (committed to religion) * (highly dedicated)Hyponyms
* Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, , Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, ConfucianistNoun
(religious)- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious , Scholastica.
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Alternative forms
* shahidNoun
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