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Disciple

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior.

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Absolutist 76% connected

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

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Animist 76% connected

One who maintains the doctrine of animism.

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Antinomian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.

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Apostle 76% connected

Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and se…

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Aristotelian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).

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Arminian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

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Donatist 76% connected

A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claim…

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Druse 76% connected

A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.

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Dualist 76% connected

One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.

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Hussite 76% connected

A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.

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Lamaist 76% connected

Alt. of Lamaite

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Lutheran 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

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Manichaean 76% connected

Alt. of Manichee

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Manichean 76% connected

Alt. of Manichee

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Manichee 76% connected

A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, an…

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Monophysite 76% connected

One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adject…

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Neoplatonist 76% connected

One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.

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Peripatetic 76% connected

Walking about; itinerant.

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Satanist 76% connected

A very wicked person.

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Shintoist 76% connected

An adherent of Shintoism.

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Socinian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.

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Trinitarian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.

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Unitarian 76% connected

One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians…

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Votary 76% connected

Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.

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Zoroastrian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Adhere 74% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Adhere 74% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Adherent 92% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

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