suprareligious
Syllables: su·pra·re·li·giousUK/s(j)uː.pɹəɹɪˈlɪ.d͡ʒəs/US/su.pɹəɹɪˈlɪ.d͡ʒəs/
suprareligious adjective: transcending religion; unbound by any limits of religion itself.
Adjective
suprareligious (comparative more suprareligious, superlative most suprareligious)
- Transcending religion; unbound by any limits of religion itself.
- It may be asked whether the religion of the Bab would have taken this universal and in a sense suprareligious turn had their leader not been exiled and forced to flee from Iran and whether this evolution is due to its estrangement from Iran and the Western influences.1946, William S. Haas, Iran, page 91
- Among the number of specialists the scholars and intellectuals of the House of Life should be included. We will later have occasion to study in detail what we know of these suprareligious institutions; let us say simply that these were the rooms near the temple where the liturgical books necessary...1960, Serge Sauneron, The Priests of Ancient Egypt, Grove Press, page 63
Examples of suprareligious in a sentence
- The rules of the game based on such a suprareligious and supranational morality would seriously conflict with many of our current habits in living.1961, Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct, Hoeber-Harper, page 205:
- Much that generally annoys the systematician remains indispensable if one is to do even partial justice to the suprareligious character of preaching.1967, Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, When the Gods Are Silent, Harper and Row, page 206:
- A new suprareligious and supraphilosophical moral elite of people full of concern and sacrifice for the problems of the entire humanity is growing in the whole world.1973, Arvind N. Das, Dialectics and Humanism, Volume 1, Warsaw University, World Order and Peace Research Project, →ISBN, page 27:
- But after that I found a suprareligious way for myself.1974, Jonathan Cott, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Stockhausen: Conversations with the Composer, Pan Books, →ISBN, page 26:
Forms of suprareligious
| comparative | more suprareligious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suprareligious |
Origin of suprareligious
From supra- + religious.
Questions about suprareligious
- What does suprareligious mean?
- Suprareligious means transcending religion; unbound by any limits of religion itself.
- How do you use suprareligious in a sentence?
- The rules of the game based on such a suprareligious and supranational morality would seriously conflict with many of our current habits in living.
- What part of speech is suprareligious?
- Suprareligious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce suprareligious?
- Suprareligious is pronounced /s(j)uː.pɹəɹɪˈlɪ.d͡ʒəs/ (UK).
Words near suprareligious in the dictionary
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