religious

Example Sentences

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"It was actually in a religious education lesson. I'm not sure I was paying enough attention to the teacher."

From BBC

Since the State of Israel was declared in 1948, students enrolled full-time at a religious school, or yeshiva, have been exempted from conscription.

From BBC

Officials say that most cases involved ordinary criminality - land disputes, theft, extortion, or personal feuds - that were later framed as religious violence.

From BBC

"There's little account of his religious conversion and beliefs," Gilham said.

From BBC

While secret dating has long been a reality, the cost of getting caught by agents from Saudi Arabia’s religious police, who once but no longer frequently roamed the streets, turned young lovers away.

From The Wall Street Journal