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• n  piety by virtue of being devout
• n  the quality of being extremely conscientious
  his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness

• It is pathetic in that Claire Mc-Auley, for all her religiousness, has never heard or received the Christian gospel's message of forgiveness.
• But it is rather more attentive to religion, and its religiousness is not only free of pomp and sanctimony but is also human, dramatic and moving.
• To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness.

• devoutness

News & Articles

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• Poll: Mississippi most religious state while Vermont least religious
  PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The average religiousness of U.S. states varies widely, with Mississippi the most religious and Vermont the least religious last year, Gallup said.
  Feb. 3, 2014 - UPI

Quotes

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• Emma Bonino in International Herald Tribune
  We have a different sense of religion, less stiff, probably less bigoted, but together we express a deep religiousness,said Emma Bonino, Italy's minister for European Union affairs and foreign trade and a member of the Radical Party.
• Ursula K Le Guin in Boston Globe (registration)
  Science fiction author Ursula LeGuin calls "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling "an exciting spy story, a vivid, fascinating picture of India, and a book whose profound, sweet religiousness has influenced me all my life."
• Yoweri Museveni in Daily Monitor
  I thought 97 per cent religiousness in a country is a sign of righteousness but human sacrifice, superstition, prostitution, greed, and embezzlement of public funds are still high,Mr Museveni said.