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Meanings of believing in English

Believing in and showing reverence for God or a deity.

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Examples for "religious"
Examples for "religious"
1
Information about, and government policies and efforts regarding, religious and ethnic minorities.
The Guardian
2
This is the political reality that threatens the political and religious authorities.
The Guardian
3
However, the spouses-to-be come from completely different religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Reuters
4
Islamic militants often accuse Western aid groups of covert religious missionary work.
Reuters
5
The vow in the religious is individual and personal; the riches collective.
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
1
Yes, we went to mass, although the motive was far from pious.
Purity of blood
2
The first emotion was surprise; the second, awe; the third, pious fervour.
Excellent Women
3
Why did you turn aside from your pious practices and good works?
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
4
Was the Family's vision simply a pious veneer on business as usual?
The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
5
In the age of discipline, watercooler gossip has taken a pious turn.
The Guardian
1
It notes Labor lost support among Christians, particularly devout, first-generation migrant Christians.
The Guardian
2
But that work brought the devout Christian into frequent conflict with authorities.
The Guardian
3
But the nuns spend the evening in prayer, so do the devout.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
4
He believes that a return to devout worship will alleviate the problems.
Book Two: Descent
5
It's possible it was practiced only by a devout sprinkling of farmers.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
1
We'll make a god-fearing maiden of modest demeanour out of you yet.
Woken furies
2
Are they wild and inhospitable, or friendly to the stranger and god-fearing?
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
3
I receive blows of sticks at command of the god-fearing priests.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
4
Surely Zeus hated thee above all men, though thou hadst a god-fearing spirit!
The Odyssey of Homer
5
And among those who escaped in this fashion was a god-fearing widow and her children.
Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
Usage of believing in English
1
People are not really believing that the rally will continue, he said.
Reuters
2
Perhaps she asked to come with us believing we might help her.
The First King of Shannara
3
First, there is good reason for believing causation goes the other way.
The Guardian
4
I don't think he'll have a bit of a problem believing me.
First flight
5
Meaning there were good reasons for believing she was on his side.
The Guardian
6
He became involved believing that he was doing nothing wrong, Dance said.
The South African
7
He knew it, yet had a hard time believing it was true.
The preacher
8
It was more a case of believing he wasn't available for England.
The Guardian
9
Many still have trouble believing him, and it's easy to understand why.
Wired
10
On believing his time to win a Major had finally come .
The Irish Times
11
She went on believing in the things in which she was believing.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein / With Two Shorter Stories
12
You were coming confident and fearless, believing in happiness in the future.
Madame Bovary
13
You can enjoy a good myth without believing in it, after all.
The Guardian
14
I remember believing that all Italian men would be like him: cold.
Changeless
15
As for you not believing in this war, I don't believe it.
Bones of the Dragon
16
He had been maneuvered into presenting a case without believing it himself.
Anvil of stars
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United Kingdom
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Australia
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South Africa
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