Co-religionist

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kəʊɹɪˈlɪdÊ’É™nɪst/

Alternative forms

• coreligionist

Origin

From - + religionist.

Full definition of co-religionist

Noun

1. A fellow follower of one's religion.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 499:From the mid-sixteenth century, Western Christians – Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, thanks to the great split of the Reformation – interested themselves afresh in their afflicted co-religionists in the East.

Synonyms

• co-religionary