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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Superstitious

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Superstitious

SUPERSTI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin superstitiosus.]

1. Over scrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion; as superstitious people.

2. Proceeding from superstition; manifesting superstition; as superstitious rites; superstitious observances.

3. Over exact; scrupulous beyond need.

Superstitious use, in law, the use of land for a religious purpose, or by a religious corporation.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Superstitiously

SUPERSTI'TIOUSLY, adverb In a superstitious manner; with excessive regard to uncommanded rites or unessential opinions and forms in religion.

1. With too much care; with excessive exactness or scruple.

2. With extreme credulity in regard to the agency of superior beings in extraordinary events.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Superstitiousness

SUPERSTI'TIOUSNESS, noun Superstition.