co-religionist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəʊɹɪˈlɪdʒənɪst/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin relegōder.? ▲ Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Latin religōder.? Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English religionist English co-religionist From co- + religionist.
Meanings
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A fellow follower of one's religion.
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.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 499:Moreover, the greater charitability of religious people in studies is accounted for by their contributing more to coreligionists, and the bulk of the charitability of highly religious people in the real world consists of charity to their own group.
2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| co-religionists | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| coreligionist | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (19)
el ομόφυλος (a fellow follower of one's religion) · pl współwyznawczyni (a fellow follower of one's religion) · ca coreligionària (a fellow follower of one's religion) · gv co-chredjuagh (a fellow follower of one's religion) · sh исто̀вјерац (a fellow follower of one's religion) · de Glaubensbruder (a fellow follower of one's religion) · it correligionaria (a fellow follower of one's religion) · pl współwyznawca (a fellow follower of one's religion) · fr coreligionnaire (a fellow follower of one's religion) · az dindaş (a fellow follower of one's religion) · es correligionario (a fellow follower of one's religion) · sh istòvjerac (a fellow follower of one's religion) · de Glaubensschwester (a fellow follower of one's religion) · ga comhchreidmheach (a fellow follower of one's religion) · da trosfælle (a fellow follower of one's religion) · ca coreligionari (a fellow follower of one's religion) · it correligionario (a fellow follower of one's religion) · sh istòverac (a fellow follower of one's religion) · sh исто̀верац (a fellow follower of one's religion)