religious background

collocation in English

meaningsofreligiousandbackground

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religious
adjective
us
//uk
/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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background
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious background

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However, the sample did deviate inreligiousbackground.
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This effect held even after controlling forreligiousbackgroundand prior degree of religious identification.
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The two groups did not differ on either their own or the putative father'sreligiousbackground.
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It also included the subject ofreligiousbackgroundand belief, and included the questionnaires on spiritual belief, bereavement and depression.
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Religiousbackgroundappears to play a role in the provision of treatment, as well as in treatment-seeking behavior.
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Similar questions were put to the patient if she did not mention the putative father'sreligiousbackgroundand beliefs.
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Repression often has areligiousbackground.
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Many of these controls, such as colonial origin, ethno-linguistic fractionalization andreligiousbackground, may well have influenced the choice of electoral systems and constitutional structures.
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Thereligiousbackgroundwas eclectic.
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Hisreligiousbackgroundwas pietism.
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Thereligiousbackgroundof candidates is established for monitoring purposes only.
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Thereligiousbackgroundof individual candidates is established for monitoring purposes only.
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Candidates are not asked to provide details of theirreligiousbackground.
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The community is either of areligiousbackgroundor it is not.
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The whole exercise sets out to assist victims regardless of ethnic orreligiousbackground.
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I merely said that these parents wanted a more positivereligiousbackground.
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We shall seek objective members with suitable qualifications, obviously regardless of anyreligiousbackground.
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We do not down arguments or people on the basis of theirreligiousbackground.
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The solution has to lie in improvements in our educational, social andreligiousbackground.
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It is difficult to be precise about nationality, ethnicity orreligiousbackground.
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I said that these parents are asking for a more positivereligiousbackground.
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People from differentreligiousbackgroundlive here.
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It is interesting that the woman's age, herreligiousbackground, her attitude towards having the child, and family income did not differentiate drifters and method failures for either parity group.
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Will he undertake to publish the extent to which children were already being educated together irrespective of theirreligiousbackground?
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I do not want to disassociate myself from thereligiousbackgroundso ably put by the previous speaker.
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