<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up religio #Latin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up religio #Latin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Latin term religiō, origin of the modern lexeme religion (via Old French / Middle Latin) is of ultimately obscure etymology . It is recorded beginning in the 1st century BC, i.e. in Classical Latin at the beginning of the Roman Empire, notably by Cicero, in the sense of "scrupulous or strict observance of the traditional cultus". </P> <P> The classical explanation of the word, traced to Cicero himself, derives it from re - (again) + lego in the sense of "choose", "go over again" or "consider carefully". Modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell favor the derivation from ligo "bind, connect", probably from a prefixed re-ligare, i.e. re - (again) + ligare or "to reconnect," which was made prominent by St. Augustine, following the interpretation of Lactantius . </P>

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