By Sally Robertson, BSc. Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating, are characterised by an unusual attitude towards food that may cause an individual to alter their eating habits and eating behaviour. No single cause for eating disorders has been established.
Etymology of the word Religion. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary traces the word back to an old Latin word religio meaning taboo, restraint.. A deeper study discovers the word comes from the two words re and ligare. Re is a prefix meaning return, and ligare means to bind; in other words, return to bondage.. Do you still want some of that old-time religion?
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.