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Definition of Coreligionists
1. coreligionist [n] - See also: coreligionist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coreligionists
Literary usage of Coreligionists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"They are associated with their coreligionists outside of Holland chiefly by their
board of foreign missions which works in Java and Sumatra. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"... among Catholics as a result of the efforts of Bishop McFaul, of Trenton, to
redress the grievances suffered by his coreligionists in the United States. ..."
3. Proceedings at the Annual Session by National Council for Jewish Education (1902)
"numbers about 400000 is correct, it may be safely stated that at least 1000 of
our coreligionists are dying annually in New York from consumption. ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"In the persecution that took place in 1301, Simon Duran, with a number of hii
coreligionists, emigrated to Algiers, where, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... steps to have the rights of their coreligionists respected. Despite these
precautions, separate schools were abolished by an intolerant ministry (1890). ..."