organized religion
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈɔrɡəˌnaɪzd rɪˈlɪdʒən/
- US
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religión organizada
- In the structure of people's lives during the Uruk period, organized religion played an important part.
- support for organized religion
I mean, like you are the embodiment of what everyone dislikes so fervently about organized religion.
- I mean, like you are the embodiment of what everyone dislikes so fervently about organized religion.
- Well, I'd say that organised religion is probably the single greatest global threat to women's rights and LGBT rights.
- I'm not going to gravitate towards organized religion, you know, per SE.
- I had AI have a mentor who would say, doesn't believe in organized religion, but he he said, look, this is earth.
- I can remember in whatever under that session, I remembered belonging to an organized religion that was very strict.
- And in it he really describes why so many people were leaving organized religion in it.
- And so, yeah, that that kind of was the end of organized religion for me.
- So it was devoid of any organized religion, but said we are deists and we are at the midline.
Examples
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Throughout history, organized religions have collectively been a major provider of the moral constitution of society.
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At the same time, more and more people are drifting away from organized religion.
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I thought you were against organized religion.
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Do you believe in organized religion?
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That's the problem I have with organized religion.
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The attitudes of the Texas immigrants towards organized religion are explained in great part by their origins.
Academic text (1996) -
In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
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The majority (82 percent) held spiritual beliefs and maintained practices derived from an organized religion (Table 1).
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As a form of organized religion, neopagan Goddess spirituality has its home in Wicca, modern witchcraft.
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Many people find comfort and community in their organized religion.
Synonyms
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2.0
A set of beliefs and practices about a god or gods, often with worship and rules
How Structured
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'organized' (systematically structured) + 'religion' (a set of beliefs/practices); together they straightforwardly denote a formally structured system of religious belief. This is a common, non-idiomatic combination found across languages and follows standard noun phrase composition, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Organized religion comes from the simple idea of organized meaning 'put in order with leaders and rules' and religion meaning 'shared faith', so picture a church or temple with regular services, leaders, and set rituals. That's why it means 'a formal system of faith with set leaders and rituals'.