religious person

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religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" religionist - a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination non-Catholic - a religious person who is not a Catholic Moslem, Muslim - a believer in or follower of Islam Buddhist - one who follows the teachings of Buddha Hindoo, Hindu - a person who adheres to Hinduism abstainer, ascetic - someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline agnostic - a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) anointer - one who anoints as a religious ceremony worshipper, believer, worshiper - a person who has religious faith celibate - an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity church member, churchgoer - a religious person who goes to church regularly coreligionist - someone having the same religion as another person Mandaean, Mandean - 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 missioner, missionary - someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country Moonie - an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church oblate - a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life Ebionite, Nazarene - 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 novice, novitiate - someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows pagan - a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) Parsee, Parsi - a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India penitent - (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) supplicant, prayer - someone who prays to God prophet - someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience religious leader - leader of a religious order Sabbatarian - one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism) sacrificer - a religious person who offers up a sacrifice tritheist - someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity