Definition of religious person Religious person
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What does religious person mean?
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| religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity | ||
| nonreligious person a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| 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 | ||
| ascetic, abstainer a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | ||
| 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 | ||
| believer, worshiper, worshipper 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 the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans | ||
| missioner, missionary someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | ||
| 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 an inhabitant of Nazareth | ||
| novice, novitiate someone new to a field or activity | ||
| 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 the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" | ||
| prophet an authoritative person who divines the future | ||
| 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 | ||
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