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multireligious

multireligious

1 4.6
Including people or practices from more than one religion
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈrɪlədʒəs/
translation icon : multirreligioso
  • Throughout the war, many religious leaders have insisted that the average people, freed from war hysteria, violence, and intimidation, would return to living together in peace in a multiethnic, multireligious society.
  • multireligious society
  • multireligious state
  • multiethnic, multireligious

Examples

  • Thus, the challenge for America, often proclaimed as the "Christian Nation," is whether it views this religious pluralism as a clash of civilizations and a threat to its identity or whether, on the basis of the twin principles of religious freedom and nonestablishment, it can imagine itself as a new multicultural and multireligious community.

    Academic text (2004)
  • India is a multilingual, multiracial, and multireligious society where people believing in different faiths live in harmony in a spirit of tolerance.

    Academic text (1995)
  • However, in the sense that we are bound together as humans, in a multireligious setting we can, in common empathy, pray right next to each other.

    Academic text (2015)
  • India is arriving on the world stage as the first large, economically powerful, culturally vibrant, multiethnic, multireligious democracy outside of the geographic West.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Afeworki: "The crucial point is that, in a multireligious society like ours, the state should remain secular and should not intervene in religious activities unless there is a danger to public order or national security."

    Academic text (1996)
  • Each cemetery evokes Tetouan's violent past and illustrates its attempts to establish a vibrant multireligious identity in the face of this past.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I will not touch upon the demography of Jammu and Kashmir or the multireligious nature of Indian society, because some of it has already been reflected in the discussion and can be taken up in the question and answer session.

    Academic text (1995)
  • If there is to be any possibility of healing the wounds of war and rebuilding a multiethnic, multireligious society, refugees must be able to return to their homes and resume a normal existence.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The best result for Kashmir's minorities would be Kashmir's continued existence as part of India's multiethnic, multireligious, secular state.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A multireligious community celebrates various festivals throughout the year, embracing the diversity of belief systems.

Synonyms

interfaith
vsmultireligious
24 4.5

About events or groups that include people from different religions

is broader, applying to any case involving multiple religions beyond people interactions
interreligious
vsmultireligious
2 6.5

About people or activities from different religions

is broader, covering any inclusion of multiple religions beyond interaction
interdenominational
vsmultireligious
1 7.9

Shared by people from different churches or religious groups

is broader, referring to more than one religion generally rather than church bodies
interconfessional
vsmultireligious
8.5

Involving people from different religions

is broader, referring to inclusion of multiple religions rather than specific groups
interchurch
vsmultireligious
7.4

It happens when different churches work together for services or events

is broader, covering multiple religions rather than only church level cooperation

How Diverse

pluralistic
9 7.3
multireligious
1 4.6
interfaith
24 4.5

Surface Forms

multireligious positive

Morphology

multireligious = religious (transparent) = multi + religious

The word is a straightforward prefixation of 'multi-' to 'religious', with the meaning 'having more than one religion'.

Etymology

Multireligious is made of multi- meaning 'many', like in multiple, and religious meaning 'connected to religion'. So, a multireligious event or place includes people or practices from more than one faith.