[Vocabulary] I'm looking for a word

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JustAlilBit

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What kind of English word could describe a person who can't imagine his life without God, church, and prayers. :?:
 

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What kind of English word could describe a person who can't imagine his life without God, church, and prayers. :?:
There's no word that means that. Do you want a straight-forward word for very religious like 'pious', a pejorative like 'God-botherer' ... ? How do you want to use this word?
 

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What kind of English word could describe a person who can't imagine his life without God, church, and prayers. :?:

Possibly "religious" or "devout".
 

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I was wondering whether the lack of imagination was essential to the definition.
 

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There's no word that means that. Do you want a straight-forward word for very religious like 'pious', a pejorative like 'God-botherer' ... ? How do you want to use this word?
Thank you Raymott, "Pious" I was looking for =)
 

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:up: A variation - much loved by crossword-setters, though I've never met it in any other context - is 'pi'.

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