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religionist

  • a word derived from religionism.
    religionism
    noun
    excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.

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Lane’s book will surely be requisite reading for historians who strive to give us a fuller perspective on the career and impact of this unusual American religionist.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2016

Born Marcilino Manuel Graca in Portugal, "Daddy" Grace is a tall, dark, long-haired religionist who believes in the orthodox Lord, preaches a Pentecostal faith with some refinements of his own invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a while the religionist spouse left its government home, then returned when aged President Chaim Weizmann patched things up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resembling greatly a goateed New England preacher, he is a shrewd, pragmatic religionist, a devout member of the Congre gational & Christian Churches.

From Time Magazine Archive

The religionist takes these general ideas as his foundation, and upon them builds the supernatural structure.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll