Word for 'lover of religion"

[nq:1]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover of a specific religion - lover of religion.[/nq]
The Anti-Franke.

[nq:1]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover of a specific religion - lover of religion. We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
Theologiophile. I hereby trademark, copyright and patent this word, as it apparently has never been used in Google or USENET history. License fees apply.

[nq:1]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover of a specific religion - lover of religion. We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
Religiophile is macaronic, I guess, but it isn't the first such -phile. Religiophilia - that sounds appropriately perverted.

john

Jim Chevallier wrote on 14 Oct 2004:
[nq:1]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover of a specific religion - lover of religion. We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
Did you try "religiophile"? How about "delusiophile" or "grandiose illusiophile"?

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
"My very being is an insult to your religion." Nick at noon.

[nq:2]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover ... We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
[nq:1]Religiophile is macaronic, I guess, but it isn't the first such -phile. Religiophilia - that sounds appropriately perverted.[/nq]
Threskeiophile?

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[nq:2]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover ... We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
[nq:1]Theologiophile. I hereby trademark, copyright and patent this word, as it apparently has never been used in Google or USENET history. License fees apply.[/nq]
I like it. Ca

Jim Chevallier hayshed:
[nq:1]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover of a specific religion - lover of religion. We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
'Religionist' is probably near enough.

Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au

John Seeliger wrote on 14 Oct 2004:
[nq:2]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover ... We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
[nq:1]Theologiophile.[/nq]
Theology is not religion but the study, interpretation, and justification of religion. This word doesn't work. Only philosophers, theocrats, and dogmatists love theology. People who love religion love the

Peter Moylan wrote on 14 Oct 2004:
[nq:1]Jim Chevallier hayshed:[/nq]
[nq:2]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover ... We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Religionist' is probably near enough.[/nq]
Except that religionists are practisers of religion and love only their own brand. A religiophile would love all religions regardless of doctri

[nq:1]Jim Chevallier hayshed:[/nq]
[nq:2]Not lover of ***, or lover of churches, or lover ... We kicked this around elsewhere and it proved a toughie.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Religionist' is probably near enough.[/nq]
Is there such a thing? There are plenty of lovers of a specific religion, but don't they look down on all the rest?