Genuine
Genuine adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Religious and genuine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Religious" instead an adjective "Genuine".
Nearby Words: genuinely, genuineness
Both words in one sentence
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The main reasons he is so good to his minions are because they serve him on a pseudo-religious level and his husband Brian (whose kindess is quite a bit more genuine) advised him to.
Source: Faux Affably Evil - He was faking being "just-off-the-boat" so he fellow lab workers wouldn't make fun of his genuine Muslim religious beliefs.
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The Church of Andraste doesn't have any more genuine evidence for the existence of their deity than the religions of Real Life, leaving room for religious faith rather than any sort of certainty.
Source: Our Gods Are Different
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