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Definition of Freedom of religion
1. Noun. A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Definition of Freedom of religion
1. Noun. The right of citizens to hold any religious or non-religious beliefs, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs, so long as they do not interfere with another person's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freedom Of Religion
Literary usage of Freedom of religion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"I appeal to the freedom of religion." The words of Gregoire finished amidst
tumult, but they did not check the explosion of joy which this scene had excited ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the question of religious toleration naturally arose, and the principle of
freedom of religion was incorporated in the Federal Constitution (Art. VI) ..."
3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... is one of the fundamental elements in his conception of life and that freedom
of religion or belief should be fully respected and guaranteed; ..."
4. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"An express guaranty of the freedom of religion is found in every American
constitution. Congress is forbidden to make any law respecting an establishment of ..."
5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"freedom of religion. §§ 458-470. § 468. The constitutional guaranty.—An express
guaranty of the freedom of religion is found in every American constitution. ..."
6. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of by Thomas Jefferson (1900)
"I am for freedom of religion, and against all manœuvres to bring about a legal
... freedom of religion I deem [one of the] essential principles of our ..."
7. Historical Records and Studies (1906)
"Notwithstanding that the fundamental law had enunciated the principle of freedom
of religion and had prohibited the establishment of any religion by the ..."
8. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"... that constitutes that freedom of religion which is compatible with ... that the
freedom of religion can be attained as the rational possession of every ..."
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