religionist

plural religionists

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?

   1 more example

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

   1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Omniana

   Synonyms: believer, devotee, devotionalist, pietist, religioner, religitard, solifidian · Antonyms: irreligionist, secularist, atheist, antitheist

   1. Especially, a religious zealot.

      Synonyms: believer, devotee, devotionalist, pietist, religioner, religitard, solifidian, religtard · Antonyms: irreligionist, secularist, atheist, antitheist

comparative more religionist · superlative most religionist

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