religionist
/ɹiˈlɪdʒənɪst/ree-LIH-juh-nist
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹiˈlɪdʒənɪst/ree-LIH-juh-nist
Meaningone devoted to religion
Common meaning: a zealous religious person
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- reagain; back
- ligto tie, bindLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1064 (approximate) · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- ista person who does or follows
‘again’ + ‘to tie, bind’ → religionist
Journey through time
- Latinligō, ligāvī‘to tie, bind’
- Frenchreligion
- Englishreligion‘faith in, and worship of, divine powers’
- Englishformed in English from religionreligionist‘a zealous religious person’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from religion + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RELIGION, p.500 · scan
Roots
- ligō, ligāvī Latin “to tie, bind”
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