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worshipper

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: worshipper

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n
a person who has religious faith
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n
someone who admires too much to recognize faults
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: worshipper
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n a person who has religious faith

Synonyms:
believer, worshiper
Examples:
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Gautama Siddhartha
founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Chuang-tzu
4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism
Jakob Behmen
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)
Johannes Eckhart
German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)
Types:
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theist
one who believes in the existence of a god or gods
devil worshiper
someone who worships devils
monotheist
a believer in one god
mystic, religious mystic
someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
numerologist
a believer in numerology
pantheist
someone who believes that God and the universe are the same
pilgrim
someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
sun worshiper
someone who worships the sun
theosophist
a believer in theosophy
hadji, haji, hajji
an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
polytheist
one who believes in a plurality of gods
quietist
a religious mystic who follows quietism
Satanist, diabolist
an adherent of Satan or Satanism
Type of:
religious person
a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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n someone who admires too much to recognize faults

Synonyms:
worshiper
Types:
hero worshiper, hero worshipper
someone who worships heroes
Type of:
admirer, adorer
someone who admires a young woman
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