| has gloss | (noun) a person who manifests devotion to a deity
religious person |
| lexicalization | eng: religious person |
| subclass of | (noun) a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
individual, mortal, someone, soul, person, somebody |
| has subclass | (noun) a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
Mandaean, Mandean |
| has subclass | (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
missioner, missionary |
| has subclass | (noun) an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church
Moonie |
| has subclass | (noun) a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
oblate |
| has subclass | (noun) a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
Nazarene, Ebionite |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
novice, novitiate |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
pagan |
| has subclass | (noun) a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India
Parsee, Parsi |
| has subclass | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
penitent |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who prays to God
supplicant, prayer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
prophet |
| has subclass | (noun) a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
religious |
| has subclass | (noun) leader of a religious order
religious leader |
| has subclass | (noun) one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
Sabbatarian |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
sacrificer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods
tritheist |
| has subclass | (noun) a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot
religionist |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
Christian |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious person who is not a Catholic
non-Catholic |
| has subclass | (noun) a believer in or follower of Islam
Moslem, Muslim |
| has subclass | (noun) one who follows the teachings of Buddha
Buddhist |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who adheres to Hinduism
Hindu, Hindoo |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
ascetic, abstainer |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
agnostic |
| has subclass | (noun) one who anoints as a religious ceremony
anointer |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who has religious faith
worshipper, believer, worshiper |
| has subclass | (noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
celibate |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious person who goes to church regularly
church member, churchgoer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone having the same religion as another person
coreligionist |
| has instance | (noun) founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
Mary Baker Eddy, Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy |
| has instance | (noun) English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
George Fox, Fox |