Lapsed and Religious

Lapsed

Lapsed adjective - No longer active or practicing.
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Synonyms for Lapsed

Religious is an antonym for lapsed.

Nearby Words: lapse, lapsing

Religious

Religious adjective - Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity.
Usage example: religious attitude

Lapsed is an antonym for religious.

Both words in one sentence

  • In all Law & Order series, the ratio of Catholics, lapsed or practicing, to other identified-as-religious people is rather high.
  • Most of the land’s population seems to more or less believe in these goddesses’ (at least past) existence, but with the exception of the Pale Mother cults, most religious practice in Gillengaria is lapsed.
  • John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats is a lapsed Catholic and now occasional churchgoer, but spiritual and religious themes crop up continually in his work, most notably on The Life of the World to Come on which every song was named after, and inspired by or related to, a verse from the Bible.
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