religious (adj.)
devout, conscientious, scrupulous
H8 IV.ii.74[Katherine to Griffith] thy religious truth and modesty
Sonn.31.6[] many a holy and obsequious tear / Hath dear religious love stol'n from mine eye
TN III.iv.380[Fabian to Sir Andrew, of Viola as Cesario] a most devout coward, religious in it! [i.e. treating cowardice as if it were a religion]
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