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co-believer

co-believer noun: someone who shares one's faith; a brother in faith.

Noun

co-believer (plural co-believers)

  1. Someone who shares one's faith; a brother in faith.
    • For it was highly probable in their belief system that one or more of such 'unknown' co-believers were sice, i.e. spacemen disguised as fellowmen, sent to carry private orders to them or to guide them to safety at the time of the[…]1982 January 1, J. G. Platvoet, Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach: An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites and Prayers, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
    • She had great authority among her co-believers who addressed her as ' mother - abbess ' . 115 Meshchanka Anna Mikhailova organised a home chapel and a school in her house where she taught poor children how to read and write without[…]2003, Irina Paert, Old Believers: Religious Dissent and Gender in Russia, 1760-1850, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 78
    Synonyms:
    co-religionist

Synonyms of co-believer

Forms of co-believer

pluralco-believers

Origin of co-believer

From co- + believer.

Questions about co-believer

What does co-believer mean?
Co-believer means someone who shares one's faith; a brother in faith.
What part of speech is co-believer?
Co-believer is a noun.
What is the plural of co-believer?
The plural of co-believer is co-believers.

Words near co-believer in the dictionary

  1. co-axial
  2. co-bed
  3. co-bedded
  4. co-bedding
  5. co-beds
  6. co-believer
  7. co-believers
  8. co-belligerent
  9. co-belligerents
  10. co-benefit
  11. co-benefits

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