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    WORSHIPPER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who has religious faithplay

    Synonyms:

    believer; worshiper; worshipper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("worshipper" is a kind of...):

    religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worshipper"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("worshipper" is a member of...):

    denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)

    Derivation:

    worship (show devotion to (a deity))

    worship (attend religious services)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Someone who admires too much to recognize faultsplay

    Synonyms:

    worshiper; worshipper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("worshipper" is a kind of...):

    admirer; adorer (someone who admires a young woman)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worshipper"):

    hero worshiper; hero worshipper (someone who worships heroes)

    Derivation:

    worship (love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol)

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