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Religion (from O.Fr. religion religious community, from L. religionem (nom. religio) respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, obligation, the bond between man and the gods) is derived from the Latin religiÅ, the ultimate origins of which are obscure.
noun. 1 The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, or its beliefs and practices: the writers seem to find a rapprochement between Islam and Christianity. More example sentences. 1  It is argued that he was the first to make Christianity a new religion, rather than a sect of Judaism..1 Christian quality or character: you may know a man by his Christianity. Christianity is today the worldâs most widespread religion, with more than a billion members, mainly divided between the Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox Churches.