religious obligation

collocation in English

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religious
adjective
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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obligation
noun
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/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious obligation

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Should a generally applicable law that conflicts with areligiousobligationbe subject to heightened judicial scrutiny?
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It is doubtful whether the word "unavoidable" would take into account the difference of opinion as toreligiousobligation.
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There have been cases where local authorities have failed to agree that holidays shall be given on days ofreligiousobligationand observance.
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There is the act of an individual churchman from a sense ofreligiousobligation, giving as a perpetual endowment to his parish church the tithe of all his land.
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Wigs may also be used as an article of apparel, or to fulfill areligiousobligation.
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The obligatory prayer is a primaryreligiousobligationstarting at the age of fifteen and it is the most important kind of prayer.
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Some consider forming an epistemic community a deep human need, and ultimately a mythical or evenreligiousobligation.
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While one school may see a certain act as areligiousobligation, another may see the same act as optional.
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People consider it areligiousobligationto bathe and drink at least a few drops of water from this well.
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He thus embodied thereligiousobligationto be hospitable to travelers.
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He believes it to be both areligiousobligationand a civic duty.
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People considered it areligiousobligationto bathe and drink at least a few drops of water from this well.
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The vice-principal was to maintain registers to record each student's moral instruction and behavior, and the degree to which he performed his religious obligations.
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They are inspired by religious obligations or religious - political factors.
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Paternalism was considered by many nineteenth-century businessmen as a moral responsibility, or often areligiousobligation, which would advance society whilst furthering their own business interests.
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When conflict between basic principles is unavoidable, however, the religious obligations to heal and save life are decisive.
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