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n. One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate: a devotee of sports.

n. An ardent or fanatical adherent of a religion.

n. An ardent enthusiast or admirer

n. A fanatical or zealous believer in a particular religion or god

n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

n. One who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice; a votary; specifically, one given wholly to religious devotion; an extravagantly or superstitiously devout person.

n. Synonyms Zealot, enthusiast.

n. an ardent follower and admirer

"That is why I use the term devotee because it brings a different connotation; someone who is dedicated to following a specific faith rather than simply acknowledging it because they were born into it."

follower   

aerophile    bacchant    groupie    aficionado    bacchanal    amorist    metalhead   

bigot    devotionalist    devotionist    votary    enthusiast    zealot    oblate    Corybant    bacchanal    bacchant   

Ab    Ac    Ag    Agee    Aimee    Albee    Amputee    B    B.    Be   

worshipper    disciple    admirer    enthusiast    adherent    adoration    patriot    convert    fanatic    believer