coreligionist

American  

[koh-ri-lij-uh-nist] / ˌkoʊ rɪˈlɪdʒ ə nɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of the same religion as another.

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coreligionist British  

/ ˌkəʊrɪˈlɪdʒənɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of the same religion as another

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Etymology

Origin of coreligionist

First recorded in 1835–45; co- + religion ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

Southerners wrote elaborate polemics describing Southern society as the natural heir to Athens and Rome, and Southern Protestant denominations split off from their Northern coreligionists, claiming the Bible sanctioned slavery.

From Salon

A fundamentalist evangelical intellectual is a walking contradiction, indeed a suspected subversive among his coreligionists.

From Salon

I implore my coreligionists to select their bedfellows more carefully.

From Salon

Nowadays, half the world’s Jews live in Israel, which is surrounded by countries and peoples dedicated to its destruction — are their coreligionists living in the most powerful nation on Earth supposed to abandon them?

From Washington Post

Mr. Evans’s title was a bit tongue-in-cheek: Jews in the South were provincial only in the eyes of their Northern urban coreligionists.

From New York Times