co-religionistn.
An adherent of the same religion.
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church memberc1475
churchman1612
religionist1651
churchwoman1681
Zioner1681
churchite1791
bredren1809
co-religionist1842
co-religionary1861
triumphalist1967
1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 256 His sanguine conreligionists.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 397 How..could the evangelical members of the Confederation look on, while..their co-religionists were thrown into prison?
1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 268 His compatriots and co-religionists.
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