organized religion

Noun
  1. An institution to express belief in a divine power (synset 108098545)
    "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
    associated with:
    is a type of: establishment, institution - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
    subtypes:
    • christian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
    • hebraism, jewish religion, judaism - Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
    • hindooism, hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
    • taoism - religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
    • buddhism - a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha
    • khalsa - the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699
    • church of scientology, scientology - a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
    • shinto - the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
    • established church - the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation
    • religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
    • cult - followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
    • cult - followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
    same as: faith, religion

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