religiousness

Definitions of religiousness
  1. noun
    piety by virtue of being devout
    synonyms: devoutness
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    types:
    pietism, religionism, religiosity, religiousism
    exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
    type of:
    piety, piousness
    righteousness by virtue of being pious
  2. noun
    the quality of being extremely conscientious
    “his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness”
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    type of:
    conscientiousness
    the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
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