religionist

English

Etymology

religion +‎ -ist

Noun

religionist (plural religionists)

1. A religious zealot.
2. An adherent of a religion.
   • 1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Omniana

     With what astoundment would ye, if ye were alive with your merely human perfections, listen to the creed of our, so called, rational religionists!

Antonyms

• irreligionist

Hyponyms

• religtard

Derived terms

• co-religionist
• UFO religionist
• ethnic religionist, tribal religionist, ethnoreligionist, folk religionist

Related terms

• religionism

Translations

religious zealot

• Finnish: kiihkouskovainen
• Polish: religiant (pl) m
• Turkish: dinci (tr), bağnaz (tr)

Adjective

religionist (comparative more religionist, superlative most religionist)

1. Relating to religious people
2. Motivated by religious beliefs