#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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