Meaning

2 senses

  1. An adherent of a religion.

    How could Christians and other kinds of religionists justify being ruled by laws and rules, written and unwritten, that go against their faith?

    a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot

  2. An adherent of a religion.

    Especially, a religious zealot.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: religionists
Singularreligionist
Pluralreligionists

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
devoteeC1believerdevotionalistpietistreligionersolifidianreligtard

Antonyms

4 antonyms
irreligionistsecularistatheistantitheist

Word family

2 related words
Relatedreligionismreligion

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
relieveB2relieverreligionB1religiosityreligiousB1religiously

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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