sodalist

[sohd-l-ist]

noun

1. a member of a sodality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sodalist¹

First recorded in 1785–95; sodal(ity) + -ist

Example Sentences

Did the question ever present itself—How much of the average sodalist's piety is resting on sentiment and tradition, and how little of it on intellectual conviction?

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He is looked up to by them; he is chosen perhaps as prefect by his fellow sodalists.

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At their meetings; the sodalists in turn had to address their companions, give a little talk about the Blessed Virgin, or on some virtue, or the like.

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