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English Dictionary: Believer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
believer
n
  1. a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer, truster]
  2. a person who has religious faith
    Synonym(s): believer, worshiper, worshipper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Believer \Be*liev"er\, n.
      1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or
            reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.
  
      2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the
            Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a
            more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his
            Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the
            gospel.
  
                     Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all
                     believers.                                          --Book of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
      3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of
            divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the
            Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or
            one yet under instruction.
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