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- noun A
fellow follower of one'sreligion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Romney's vote was magnified by the large Mormon population in Nevada who turned out in large numbers to support their co-religionist.
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Although the oil-rich kingdom has escaped the sort of unrest unleashed in Egypt, Libya or Tunisia, there have been signs of domestic discontent over high unemployment, as well as some nervousness that Saudi Arabia's Shiite Muslim minority could be inspired by the protests of their co-religionist neighbors in Bahrain.
Saudi King to Return Home as Turmoil Sweeps Region Angus McDowall 2011
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Romney's support was magnified by the large Mormon population in Nevada who turned out in large numbers to support their co-religionist.
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The holy texts of Islam emphasize that one's greatest allegiance should be to justice — superseding family and co-religionist ties.
Fulfilling Our Duty as Muslim-Americans Qanta A. Ahmed 2011
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Loyalty to a co-religionist so strong that they ignore gross incompetence.
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As co-religionist Muslims tarred by the Taliban, as silent Muslim moderates stained by the soldiers of Al Qaedah, Muslims must ask ourselves what feeds such fundamental fears that a young mother regrets her child's Jewish origins.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Adventures of an Accidental Zionist: Encounters with the Anxiety of Jewish Extinction MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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We doubt this was the private reaction in the Oval Office, whose occupant was told by Ms. Romer and economic co-religionist Jared Bernstein that the February 2009 stimulus would kick start a recovery in growth and jobs.
Employers on Strike 2010
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As co-religionist Muslims tarred by the Taliban, as silent Muslim moderates stained by the soldiers of Al Qaedah, Muslims must ask ourselves what feeds such fundamental fears that a young mother regrets her child's Jewish origins.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Adventures of an Accidental Zionist: Encounters with the Anxiety of Jewish Extinction MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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My sympathies rush to reach my co-religionist sisters struggling to prove that piety isn't reactionary, that covering your head doesn't mean covering your mind.
Haroon Moghul: She's Hot and Hezbollah: When Women Are Wielded as Ideological Weapons 2010
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They informed upon their more believing co-religionist neighbors, and watched them get sent off to the gulags, thinking what a great thing they where doing.
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