English > adherent: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another. |
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| Synonym | disciple |
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| Instances | Baruch | A disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah |
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| Narrower | Apostle | (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel |
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| Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic | A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism |
| Arminian | adherent of Arminianism |
| Bahai | A teacher of or believer in Bahaism |
| Donatist | An adherent of Donatism |
| Druze, Druse | An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God |
| Hinayanist | An adherent of Hinayana Buddhism |
| Hussite | An adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss |
| Ismaili, Ismailian | An adherent of Ismailism |
| Jainist | A believer in Jainism |
| Lamaist | (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism |
| Lutheran | follower of Lutheranism |
| Mahayanist | An adherent of Mahayana Buddhism |
| Mahdist | An adherent of Mahdism |
| Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee | An adherent of Manichaeism |
| Mithraist | adherent of Mithraism |
| Monophysite | An adherent of Monophysitism |
| Neoplatonist | An adherent of Neoplatonism |
| Rastafarian, Rasta | follower of Rastafarianism |
| Satanist, diabolist | An adherent of Satan or Satanism |
| Shintoist | A believer in Shintoism |
| Sikh | An adherent of Sikhism |
| Socinian | An adherent of the teachings of Socinus |
| Tantrist | An adherent of Tantrism |
| Taoist, Tao | An adherent of any branch of Taoism |
| Trinitarian | adherent of Trinitarianism |
| Unitarian | adherent of Unitarianism |
| Zen Buddhist | An adherent of the doctrines of Zen ... / Zen Buddhism |
| Zoroastrian | follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism |
| absolutist | One who advocates absolutism |
| amoralist | someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid |
| animist | One who accepts the doctrine of animism |
| antinomian | A follower of the doctrine of antinomianism |
| clericalist | One who advocates clericalism |
| dualist | An adherent of dualism |
| fundamentalist | An adherent of fundamentalist principles |
| totalitarian | An adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government |
| votary | A devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity |
| Broader | follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
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| Spanish | adepta, adepto, adherente, discípulo, partidario, seguidora, seguidor |
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| Catalan | adherent, deixeble, partidari |
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| Verbs | adhere | be a devoted follower or supporter |
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