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.
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Co-religionist
//kəʊɹɪˈlɪdʒənɪst//
Synonyms for "co-religionist" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
Translations
19 translations across 12 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dindaş noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Catalan
2 entries- coreligionari noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- coreligionària noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Danish
1 entries- trosfælle noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
French
1 entries- coreligionnaire noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
German
2 entries- Glaubensbruder noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- Glaubensschwester noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Greek
1 entries- ομόφυλος noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Irish
1 entries- comhchreidmheach noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Italian
2 entries- correligionaria noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- correligionario noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Manx
1 entries- co-chredjuagh noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Polish
2 entries- współwyznawca noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- współwyznawczyni noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- istòverac noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- istòvjerac noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- исто̀верац noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
- исто̀вјерац noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Spanish
1 entries- correligionario noun (a fellow follower of one's religion)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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