#religionist__religious_person__religiousperson a person who manifests devotion to a deity
exclusion: #nonreligious_person
supertype: #person__individual__someone__somebody__mortal__human__human_being__humanbeing__soul a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
instance: #Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy #George_Fox
subtype: #Christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and is a member of a Christian denomination
subtype: #Second_Adventist__Adventist a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
subtype: #non-Jew__Gentile__goy in this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; `goy' is a derogatory word for Christians used by Jews
subtype: #shegetz an offensive term for non-Jewish young man; "why does she like all those shkotzim?"
subtype: #Protestant an adherent of Protestantism
subtype: #WASP__white_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant a White Protestant of Anglo-Saxon ancestry
subtype: #Anabaptist adherent of Anabaptism
subtype: #Mennonite a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life
subtype: #Amish an American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman
subtype: #Plain_People people noted for their plain dress and simple life style
subtype: #Christian_Scientist a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy
subtype: #Baptist follower of Baptistic doctrines
subtype: #Dunker__Dunkard__Tunker (dialectal) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
subtype: #Congregationalist a member of the Congregational Church
subtype: #Nonconformist__chapelgoer a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
subtype: #Anglican a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
subtype: #Episcopalian a member of the Episcopal church
subtype: #fundamentalist a supporter of fundamentalism
subtype: #Jehovah's_Witness believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism
subtype: #Latter-day_Saint__Mormon a member of the Mormon Church
instance: #Joseph_Smith__Smith
subtype: #Methodist a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
subtype: #Wesleyan a follower of Wesleyanism
subtype: #Pentecostal__Pentecostalist any member of a Pentecostal religious body
subtype: #Presbyterian a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
subtype: #Friend__Quaker a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
instance: #William_Penn__Penn
subtype: #Catholic a member of a Catholic church
subtype: #Anglican_Catholic a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character
subtype: #Greek_Catholic a member of the Greek Orthodox Church
subtype: #Roman_Catholic a member of the Roman Catholic Church
subtype: #papist a Roman Catholic who is a strong advocate of the papacy
subtype: #Doctor_of_the_Church__Doctor a leading theologian in the history of the Roman Catholic Church; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
subtype: #Jesuit a member of the a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534
subtype: #Carmelite__White_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order
subtype: #Dominican__Black_Friar__Blackfriar a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
instance: #Girolamo_Savonarola__Savonarola
subtype: #Franciscan__Gray_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the gray habit of the Franciscan order
subtype: #Austin_Friar__Augustinian one of the Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
subtype: #Uniat__Uniate a member of the Uniat Church
subtype: #pope__pontiff__Holy_Father__Vicar_of_Christ the head of the Roman Catholic Church
instance: #Pope_Alexander_VI__Alexander_VI__Borgia__Rodrigo_Borgia #Calixtus_III__Borgia__Alfonso_Borgia #Gregory_the_Great__Gregory__Gregory_I__Saint_Gregory_I__St_Gregory_I #Gregory_VII__Gregory__Hildebrand #Gregory_XIII__Gregory__Ugo_Buoncompagni #Innocent_III__Lotario_di_Segni #John_Paul_I__Albino_Luciano #John_Paul_II__Karol_Wojtyla #St_Leo_I__Leo_I__Leo_the_Great #Leo_III #Leo_X__Giovanni_de_Medici #Pius_II__Aeneas_Silvius__Enea_Silvio_Piccolomini #Pius_V__Antonio_Ghislieri #Pius_VII__Luigi_Barnaba_Gregorio_Chiaramonti #Pius_X__Giuseppe_Melchiorre_Sarto #Pius_XI__Achille_Ratti__Ambrogio_Damiano_Achille_Ratti #Pius_XII__Eugenio_Pacelli #Urban_II__Odo_of_Lagery #Urban_VI__Bartolomeo_Prignano
subtype: #starets a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
instance: #Grigori_Efimovich_Rasputin__Rasputin
subtype: #Old_Catholic a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
subtype: #Copt a member of the Coptic Church
subtype: #Apostle (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
instance: #Saint_Andrew_the_Apostle__Andrew__Saint_Andrew__St_Andrew #Saint_James_the_Apostle__James__Saint_James__St_James__St_James_the_Apostle #Saint_John_the_Apostle__John__Saint_John__St_John__St_John_the_Apostle__John_the_Evangelist__John_the_Divine #Judas_Iscariot__Judas #Saint_Jude__Jude__St_Jude__Judas__Thaddaeus #Saint_Matthew_the_Apostle__Matthew__Saint_Matthew__St_Matthew__St_Matthew_the_Apostle__Levi #Saint_Peter_the_Apostle__Peter__Simon_Peter__Saint_Peter__St_Peter__St_Peter_the_Apostle #Simon_the_Canaanite__Simon__St_Simon__Simon_Zelotes__Simon_the_Zealot #Thomas_the_doubting_Apostle__Thomas__Saint_Thomas__St_Thomas__doubting_Thomas
subtype: #Apostle.Christian__apostle any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
instance: #Saint_Luke__Luke__St_Luke #Saint_Mark__Mark__St_Mark #Saint_Patrick__Patrick__St_Patrick #Paul_the_Apostle__Paul__Saint_Paul__St_Paul__Apostle_Paul__Apostle_of_the_Gentiles__Saul__Saul_of_Tarsus
subtype: #arianist an adherent of arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)
subtype: #born-again_Christian a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
subtype: #communicant a person entitled to receive Communion
subtype: #Shaker a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world
subtype: #Tractarian a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called "Tracts for the Times")
subtype: #non-Catholic a religious person who is not a Catholic
subtype: #Muslim__Moslem__Mohammedan__Muhammedan__Muhammadan a believer or follower of Islam
subtype: #Shiite_Muslim__Shiite__Shi'ite__Shi'ite_Muslim a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
subtype: #Sunnite__Sunni a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Mohammed
subtype: #Moor one of the Muslim people of Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conquerors of Spain in the 8th century
subtype: #begum a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
subtype: #Berber.Muslim__berber a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
subtype: #Riff__Riffian a Berber living in northern Morocco
subtype: #caliph__calif__kaliph__kalif__khalif the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; a successor of Muhammad
subtype: #fakir__fakeer__faqir__faquir a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
subtype: #dervish an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
subtype: #whirling_dervish__whirler a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
subtype: #imam__imaum (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque
subtype: #Mullah__Mollah__Mulla a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque
subtype: #Saracen.Muslim__saracen (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades
instance: #Fatima__Fatimah
subtype: #Buddhist one who follows the teachings of Buddha
subtype: #Hindu__Hindoo a person who adheres to Hinduism
subtype: #swami a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
subtype: #chela a Hindu disciple of a swami
subtype: #Hare_Krishna.Hindu__harekrishna worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
subtype: #Shaktist worshipper of Shakti
subtype: #Shivaist worshipper of Shiva
subtype: #Vaishnava worshipper of Vishnu
subtype: #sadhu__saddhu (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man
subtype: #abstainer__ascetic practices self denial as spiritual discipline
subtype: #puritan adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures
subtype: #stylite an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
subtype: #anointer one who anoints as a religious ceremony
subtype: #believer__worshiper__worshipper a person who has religious faith
subtype: #theist one who believes in the existence of a god or gods
subtype: #devil_worshiper__devilworshiper someone who worships devils
subtype: #monotheist a believer in one god
subtype: #religious_mystic__religiousmystic someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
subtype: #quietist a religious mystic who follows quietism
instance: #Gautama_Buddha__Buddha__the_Buddha__Siddhartha__Gautama__Gautama_Siddhartha #Chuang-tzu #Jakob_Boehme__Boehme__Bohme__Jakob_Bohme__Boehm__Jakob_Boehm__Behmen__Jakob_Behmen #Johannes_Eckhart__Eckhart__Meister_Eckhart
subtype: #numerologist a believer in numerology
subtype: #pantheist someone who believes that God and the universe are the same
subtype: #pilgrim.believer some one who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
subtype: #hajji__hadji__haji a pilgrim who journeys to Mecca
subtype: #sun_worshiper__sunworshiper someone who worships the sun
subtype: #theosophist a believer in theosophy
subtype: #celibate an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
subtype: #churchgoer__church_member a religious person who goes to church regularly
subtype: #Holy_Roller a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor
subtype: #parishioner a member of a parish
subtype: #coreligionist someone having the same religion as another person
subtype: #missioner__missionary someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
instance: #Pearl_Sydenstricker_Buck__Buck__Pearl_Buck #Pere_Jacques_Marquette__Marquette__Jacques_Marquette #Paul_the_Apostle__Paul__Saint_Paul__St_Paul__Apostle_Paul__Apostle_of_the_Gentiles__Saul__Saul_of_Tarsus #Albert_Schweitzer__Schweitzer #Miguel_Jose_Serra__Serra__Junipero_Serra #Mother_Teresa__Teresa__Theresa__Mother_Theresa__Agnes_Gonxha_Bojaxhiu
subtype: #novitiate__novice someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
subtype: #Parsee__Parsi a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India
subtype: #penitent a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
subtype: #flagellant a person who whips himself as a religious penance
subtype: #supplicant__prayer someone who prays to God
subtype: #beadsman__bedesman a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
subtype: #prophet someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
instance: #Daniel.prophet__daniel #Elijah #Hosea #Jeremiah.prophet__jeremiah #Jesus_of_Nazareth__Jesus__Jesus_Christ__Christ__Savior__Saviour__Good_Shepherd__Redeemer__Deliverer #Jonah.prophet__jonah #Mohammed__Muhammad__Mahomet__Mahound #Mormon #Moses #Zoroaster__Zarathustra
subtype: #religious__religiou a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
subtype: #friar__mendicant a male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel
subtype: #Carmelite__White_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order
subtype: #Dominican__Black_Friar__Blackfriar a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
subtype: #Franciscan__Gray_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the gray habit of the Franciscan order
subtype: #monk__monastic a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
subtype: #Brother (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
subtype: #Trappist__Cistercian member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
instance: #Roger_Bacon__Bacon #Saint_Benedict__Benedict__St_Benedict #Gregor_Johann_Mendel__Mendel__Gregor_Mendel
subtype: #Benedictine a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
subtype: #nun a woman religious
subtype: #Sister (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
instance: #Mother_Teresa__Teresa__Theresa__Mother_Theresa__Agnes_Gonxha_Bojaxhiu
subtype: #eremite a Christian recluse
subtype: #anchorite__hermit one retired from society for religious reasons
subtype: #Austin_Friar__Augustinian one of the Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
subtype: #cenobite__coenobite a member of a religious order living in common
subtype: #superior the head of a religious community
subtype: #better.superior one having claim to precedence; a superior: "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
subtype: #abbess__mother_superior__prioress the superior of a group of nuns
instance: #Saint_Bridget__Bridget__St_Bridget__Brigid__Saint_Brigid__St_Brigid__Bride__Saint_Bride__St_Bride #Heloise
subtype: #abbot__archimandrite the superior of an abbey of monks
subtype: #abbe a French abbot
subtype: #prior the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
subtype: #votary.religious one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service: "monasteries of votaries"
instance: #Thomas_Merton__Merton
subtype: #religious_leader__religiousleader leader of a religious order
subtype: #guru a Hindu or Sikh religious leader and personal teacher
instance: #Joshua #Ayatollah_Ruholla_Khomeini__Khomeini__Ruholla_Khomeini__Ayatollah_Khomeini #Nanak #Saint_Elizabeth_Ann_Bayley_Seton__Seton__Elizabeth_Seton__Mother_Seton #Isaac_Mayer_Wise__Wise #Stephen_Samuel_Wise__Wise #Brigham_Young__Young
subtype: #Sabbatarian one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
subtype: #sacrificer a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
subtype: #tritheist someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods
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