correligionario

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Italian

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ religione +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kor.re.li.d͡ʒoˈna.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: cor‧re‧li‧gio‧nà‧rio

Adjective

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correligionario (feminine correligionaria, masculine plural correligionari, feminine plural correligionarie)

  1. (relational) co-religionist, co-religionary
  2. similarly politically aligned

Noun

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correligionario m (plural correligionari, feminine correligionaria)

  1. co-religionist, co-religionary
    • 1957, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo quarantaquattresimo: I severi”, in Storia di Roma [History of Rome], 46th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 484:
      pare che abbia avuto un affetto solo: quello per una certa Marzia, che, essendo cristiana, non si capisce come conciliasse la sua fede austera con quell'amante debosciato, ma che tuttavia fu utile ai suoi correligionari salvandoli da una probabile persecuzione.
      He [Commodus] seems to have had only one affection: that for one Marcia, who, being Christian, it's hard to undestand how she was able to reconcile her strict faith with that degenerate lover, but was nonetheless useful to her co-religionists, saving them from a likely persecution.
  2. a similarly politically aligned person

Further reading

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  • correligionario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /korelixjoˈnaɾjo/ [ko.re.li.xjoˈna.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: co‧rre‧li‧gio‧na‧rio

Noun

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correligionario m (plural correligionarios, feminine correligionaria, feminine plural correligionarias)

  1. co-religionist

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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