▁anti qu ity , ▁' rel ig io ' ▁broad ly ▁meant ▁cons cient ious ness , ▁sense ▁of ▁right , ▁moral ▁oblig ation , ▁or ▁duty ▁to ▁anything . ▁In ▁the ▁ancient ▁and ▁medieval ▁world , ▁the ▁et ym ological ▁Latin ▁root ▁relig io ▁was ▁understood ▁as ▁an ▁individual ▁virtue ▁of ▁worship ▁in ▁m und ane ▁context s ; ▁never ▁as ▁doctrine , ▁practice , ▁or ▁actual ▁source ▁of ▁knowledge . ▁In ▁general , ▁relig io ▁referred ▁to ▁broad ▁social ▁oblig ations ▁towards ▁anything ▁including ▁family , ▁neighb ors , ▁r ul ers , ▁and ▁even ▁towards ▁God . ▁Relig io ▁was ▁most ▁often ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁ancient ▁Rom ans ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁a ▁relation ▁towards ▁gods , ▁but ▁as ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁general ▁emot ions ▁such ▁as ▁hes itation , ▁ca ution , ▁anx iety , ▁fear ; ▁feelings ▁of ▁being ▁bound , ▁restricted , ▁in hib ited ; ▁which ▁arose ▁from ▁height ened ▁attention ▁in ▁any ▁m und ane ▁context . ▁The ▁term ▁was ▁also ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁other ▁terms ▁like ▁sc rup ulus ▁which ▁meant ▁" very ▁precisely " ▁and ▁some ▁Roman ▁authors ▁related ▁the ▁term ▁super st it io , ▁which ▁meant ▁too ▁much ▁fear ▁or ▁anx iety ▁or ▁shame , ▁to ▁relig io ▁at ▁times . ▁When ▁relig io ▁came ▁into ▁English ▁around ▁the ▁ 1 2 0 0 s ▁as ▁religion , ▁it ▁took ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁" life ▁bound ▁by ▁mon astic ▁v ows " ▁or ▁mon astic ▁orders . ▁The ▁compart ment