how to pronounce religious

/ɹɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/

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religious is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of religious in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… noblemen who killed a religious hermit a …”

meaning of religious

Religious means relating to or concerned with religion.

religious frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word religious occurs in english on average 65.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.