The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.]
Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
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Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
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Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
Superstitious use (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.]
--Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] -- Su`per*sti"tious*ly, adv. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. (context rare English) superstition
Usage examples of "superstitiousness".
For not only are whalemen as a body unexempt from that ignorance and superstitiousness hereditary to all sailors.
Whatever was spoken of he would bring round to the superstitiousness of old maids, or the petting and spoiling of children.
However, with a superstitiousness of which I should not have believed myself capable, I began to wonder if the monster possessed enough of humanity in its composition to be vulnerable to mere revolver bullets.