名词

1. 宗教信仰;宗教活动
Religion is belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this belief, such as praying or worshipping in a building such as a church or temple.

2. 宗教;教派
A religion is a particular system of belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this system.

3. (突然)信教，皈依（某种）宗教
If you say that someone has got religion, you are referring in a mocking way to the fact that they have suddenly decided to follow a particular religion.

1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

e.g. he lost his faith but not his morality

Synonym: faithreligious belief

2. an institution to express belief in a divine power

e.g. he was raised in the Baptist religion
a member of his own faith contradicted him

Synonym: faithorganized religion