believer
NounUS[buh-lee-ver]/bəˈlivɚ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)believers
- a supporter who accepts something as trueSynonyms: trusterType of supporter, protagonistKinds apostle, vitalist, abiogenist, colonialist, evolutionist, imperialist, flat earther, Malthusian, Confucian
- a person who has religious faithSynonyms: worshiperworshipperType of religious personKinds pantheist, monotheist, theist, devil worshiper, theosophist, pilgrim, numerologist, sun worshiper, mysticMember of denomination
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Be·liev′er (…), noun
1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.
2. Theology One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; — in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel.
Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.— Book of Com. Prayer.
3. Eccl. Hist. One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54