Hyphenation of religious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word religious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-li-gious

Definitions of religious:

1.	A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
2.	Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church Religious texts A member of a religious order Lords temporal and spiritual Spiritual leaders Spiritual songs
3.	Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity A religious man Religious attitude
4.	Of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows The religious or regular clergy conducts the service
5.	Extremely scrupulous and conscientious Religious in observing the rules of health

Synonyms of religious:

adj	spiritual, sacred
adj	religious, churchgoing, churchlike, churchly, devout, god-fearing, pious, interfaith, pious
adj	scrupulous
noun	religionist, religious person

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.