devotee
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Devotee \Dev`o*tee"\, n.
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to
religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious
duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
[1913 Webster]
While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a
devotee. --A. S. Hardy.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "devotee":
Christian, God-fearing man, accepter, addict, adherent, admirer,
aficionado, amateur, aspirant, aspirer, believer, booster, buff,
bug, candidate, catechumen, churchgoer, churchite, churchman,
collector, communicant, convert, coveter, crank, daily communicant,
desirer, devotionalist, dilettante, disciple, energumen,
enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fancier, fiend, follower,
freak, good Christian, groupie, habitue, hankerer, head, hopeful,
hound, idolater, idolizer, infatuate, junkie, lover,
lunatic fringe, monomaniac, neophyte, nut, pietist, proselyte,
receiver, religionist, rooter, saint, solicitant, suitor, theist,
truster, votary, wanter, wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot
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