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家园 religion好像没有赵兄说的意思吧

查Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary里的词源和定义,都没有控制人的意思,主要是指承认有神存在,或存在能控制人的命运的力量。。。的行动、感情、仪式等等的。

religion

Re*li"gion (r[-e]*l[i^]j"[u^]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. 'ale`gein to heed, have a care. Cf. Neglect.]

1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers

2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state;

4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. [R.]

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