| devout | | |
| adj. | 1. devout, god-fearing | deeply religious.; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" |
| ~ religious | having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity.; "a religious man"; "religious attitude" |
| adj. | 2. dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt | earnest.; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| religious person | | |
| n. (person) | 1. 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. |
| ~ eddy, mary baker eddy, mary morse baker eddy | founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910). |
| ~ george fox, fox | English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691). |
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