🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

religiöse Bedeutung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁeliˈɡiøːzə bəˈdʏʊŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Religious significance/rɪˈlɪdʒəs sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Berg hat eine hohe religiöse Bedeutung."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The importance, meaning, or value that something holds within the context of a particular religion or belief system.

    "The ancient temple holds immense religious significance for the local community."
  2. 2

    The quality of being spiritually profound or having sacred implications.

    "Scholars debated the religious significance of the newly discovered manuscript."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'religious', originating from the Latin 'religiosus' (referencing reverence, piety, or sacred obligation), and 'significance', derived from the Latin 'significantia' (meaning importance or meaning). Together as a compound phrase, it emerged in modern English academic and cultural discourse to denote the deep spiritual, sacred, or theological value attributed to objects, sites, practices, or texts.

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