coreligionist

[koh-ri-lij-uh-nist]

noun

1. an adherent of the same religion as another.

coreligionist

/ ˌkəʊrɪˈlɪdʒənɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of the same religion as another

Word History and Origins

Origin of coreligionist¹

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.

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

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I implore my coreligionists to select their bedfellows more carefully.

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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?

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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.

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