Also (erron.) conr-. [f. CO- 3 b + RELIGION + -IST.] An adherent of the same religion.
1842. G. S. Faber, Provinc. Lett. (1844), II. 256. His sanguine conreligionists.
1845. Sarah Austin, Ranke’s Hist. Ref., III. 397. How … could the evangelical members of the Confederation look on, while … their co-religionists were thrown into prison?
1861. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), VI. liv. 438. His compatriots and co-religionists.
