subreligion
English
Etymology
sub- + religion
Noun
subreligion (plural subreligions)
- A secondary or subordinate religion.
- Loyalty is in the English a subreligion. — Emerson.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subreligion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)