Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR NONRELIGIOUS
Don't many people carry or wear good-luck charms of a religious or nonreligious nature?
WORD ORIGIN
c.1200, "devout, pious, imbued with or expressive of religious devotion," from Anglo-French religius, Old French religious (12c., Modern French religieux) and directly from Latin religiosus, from religio (see religion). Meaning "pertaining to religion" is from 1530s. Transferred sense of "scrupulous, exact" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Religiousness.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR NONRELIGIOUS
atheistic
adjectiveunreligioussecular
adjectivenot spiritual or religiousRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.