religiousness

religiousness
noun
1. piety by virtue of being devout (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑devoutness
Derivationally related forms: ↑religious, ↑devout (for: ↑devoutness)
Hypernyms: ↑piety, ↑piousness
Hyponyms: ↑religiosity, ↑religionism, ↑religiousism, ↑pietism
2. the quality of being extremely conscientious
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his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness

Derivationally related forms: ↑religious
Hypernyms: ↑conscientiousness

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