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Definition of Religious person
1. Noun. A person who manifests devotion to a deity.
Specialized synonyms: Religionist, Christian, Non-catholic, Moslem, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindoo, Hindu, Abstainer, Ascetic, Agnostic, Anointer, Believer, Worshiper, Worshipper, Celibate, Church Member, Churchgoer, Coreligionist, Mandaean, Mandean, Missionary, Missioner, Moonie, Oblate, Ebionite, Nazarene, Novice, Novitiate, Pagan, Parsee, Parsi, Penitent, Prayer, Supplicant, Prophet, Religious, Religious Leader, Sabbatarian, Sacrificer, Tritheist
Specialized synonyms: Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, Fox, George Fox
Antonyms: Nonreligious Person
Lexicographical Neighbors of Religious Person
Literary usage of Religious person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... that every free-born man at 14 years of age (religious person, Clerks, Knights
and their eldest sons excepted) should find Surety for his Truth towards ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"As a specimen of the work before us, we give the following scene with a bishop,
the only professedly religious person in the work. ..."
3. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"Probably many of you are aware that in those times a " religious person " did
not mean any one who felt and allowed the bonds that bound him to God and to ..."
4. The City Worker's World in America by Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch (1917)
"The most religious person is he who lives in completest fellowship.1 The religious
person is ... To the religious person religion and life are fused in one. ..."
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