religious person
English Thesaurus
1. a person who manifests devotion to a deity (noun.person)
hyponym | : | religionist, |
definition | : | a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | christian, |
definition | : | a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | non-catholic, |
definition | : | a religious person who is not a Catholic (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | moslem, muslim, |
definition | : | a believer in or follower of Islam (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | buddhist, |
definition | : | one who follows the teachings of Buddha (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | hindoo, hindu, |
definition | : | a person who adheres to Hinduism (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | abstainer, ascetic, |
definition | : | someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | agnostic, |
definition | : | a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | anointer, |
definition | : | one who anoints as a religious ceremony (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | celibate, |
definition | : | an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | coreligionist, |
definition | : | someone having the same religion as another person (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | mandaean, mandean, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | missionary, missioner, |
definition | : | someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | moonie, |
definition | : | an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | oblate, |
definition | : | a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ebionite, nazarene, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | novice, novitiate, |
definition | : | someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | pagan, |
definition | : | a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | parsee, parsi, |
definition | : | a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | penitent, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | prophet, |
definition | : | someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | religious, |
definition | : | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | sabbatarian, |
definition | : | one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | sacrificer, |
definition | : | a religious person who offers up a sacrifice (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | tritheist, |
definition | : | someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | fox, george fox, |
definition | : | English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) (noun.person) |
antonym | : | nonreligious person, |
definition | : | a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity (noun.person) |
antonym | : | nonreligious person, |
definition | : | a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity (noun.person) |
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