#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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