religionistn.

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 47 But his anger burns against you; O you false Religionists!

1697 G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemblies 4 As for the moderate, rational and intelligent religionists, they are so few.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. i. 133 He has his private Opinion, Belief, or Faith, as strong as any Devotee or Religionist of 'em all.

1757 D. Hume Nat. Hist. Relig. in Four Diss. i. 25 These pretended religionists are really a kind of superstitious atheists.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 214 A dispassionate, placid, and mild religionist.

1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1876) 369 The external service of the religionist..is pronounced [by St James] deceitful and vain.

1870 O. Logan Before Footlights xl. 603 While clergymen and religionists, as now, stand afar off and denounce the theatre.

1939 W. Lewis Jews v. 55 The Jews are..the great religionists of the West.

1977 Private Eye 1 Apr. 8/1 Mr Arthur Blessit..a Los Angeles religionist, was assaulted by a number of similarly moved but differently associated people.

1999 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld xxvi. 189 Evolution..caused so much trouble from religionists because it takes the gloss off one of their favourite arguments, the argument from design.

1842 Methodist Rev. July 409 If any..object to this view as narrow and religionistic, the only possible position that is left them to stand upon is that of a flat denial of the truth and validity of the Christian revelation.

1931 T. Dreiser Dawn xlix. 272 Doctors, more religionistic than medical, writing endless silly books on hearsay or because of early asinine terrors of their own!

1995 Numen 42 76 Hanegraaff accepts the distinction between reductionistic, religionistic and empirical approaches.