θρησκ-εία,
Ionic dialect θρησκ-είη, ἡ, (θρησκεύω) religious worship, cult, ritual, ἡ περὶ τὰ ἱρὰ θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.18, “IG” 12(5).141.5 (Paros, 3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.9.3, etc.; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος “SIG” 801 D (Delph., 1st c.AD); ἡ περί τινος θ. [prev. work] 867.48 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, rites, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.63, “PGnom.” 185 (2nd c.AD), Wilcken “Chr.” 72 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 religion, service of God, [[ LXX.Wis.14.18, NT.Act.26.5, NT.Jam.1.26; θ. τοῦ θεοῦ μία ἐστί, μὴ εἶναι κακόν “Corpus Hermeticum” 12 near the end ] LXX+NT]; ἑκατέρα θ., i.e. Christianity and Paganism, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 5.69c ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων worshipping of angels, [[ NT.Col.2.18. ] NT]
__3 in bad sense, religious formalism, ἀντὶ ὁσιότητος [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.195 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; θ. βιωτική vulgar superstition, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]