believers (noun)

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• United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing — noun a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States • Syn: ↑Shakers • Hypernyms: ↑sect, ↑religious sect, ↑religious order • Member Meronyms: ↑Shaker …   Useful english dictionary

• peculiar people — noun plural Etymology: Middle English peculier people, from peculier peculiar 1. : God s own chosen people used by various Christians to emphasize their nonconformity to the world 2. capitalized both Ps : an Evangelical Christian organization… …   Useful english dictionary

• plymouth brother — noun (plural plymouth brethren) Usage: usually capitalized P&B : a member of a religious body organized about 1830 in Plymouth, England, that takes the Bible as its sole guide, protests against sectarianism and rejects creeds and rituals, has no… …   Useful english dictionary

• Anabaptist — noun Date: 1532 a Protestant sectarian of a radical movement arising in the 16th century and advocating the baptism and church membership of adult believers only, nonresistance, and the separation of church and state • Anabaptist adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• baptist — noun Date: 13th century 1. one that baptizes 2. capitalized a member or adherent of an evangelical Protestant denomination marked by congregational polity and baptism by immersion of believers only • Baptist adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• congregation — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an assembly of persons ; gathering; especially an assembly of persons met for worship and religious instruction b. a religious community: as (1) an organized body of believers in a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• house of worship — noun A religious edifice; a church, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith …   Wiktionary

• amazement — noun /ʌˈmez.mɛnt/ a) The condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment. Were be …   Wiktionary

• triunity — noun /tɹaɪˈjuːnɪti/ The fact or state of being three in one (usually with reference to the Christian idea of the Trinity). Gods attributes as such, his holiness, his justice, his mercy, his absoluteness, his infinity, his omniscience, his tri… …   Wiktionary

• radipraxy — noun /rædɪpræksi/ The adherence to or practice of those beliefs which help to define the root of being. Believers in radipraxy support the idea that beliefs which boost human understanding of truth should be analyzed, understood and followed …   Wiktionary

• Fermi paradox — noun The seeming contradiction, serving as a challenge to believers in the existence of advanced lifeforms throughout the universe, that there is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have tried to visit or communicate with… …   Wiktionary