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Adherent Common

Adherent has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

2

A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

Adjective
1

sticking fast

2

Adhesive, sticking to something.

See Also
kibologist disciple adhere brahmanist baptist addict ochlocrat inherent
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
follower
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Zen Buddhist Mahayanist Hinayanist Lamaist Tantrist Jainist Shintoist Rastafarian Mithraist Zoroastrian absolutist amoralist animist antinomian Apostle Aristotelian Bahai Taoist clericalist Donatist Druze dualist Hussite Ismaili Lutheran Mahdist Manichaean Monophysite Neoplatonist Satanist Sikh Socinian totalitarian Unitarian Trinitarian Arminian votary fundamentalist

Origin

The word adherent comes from the Latin verb meaning "to stick to" or "cling." It entered English through Middle English and Old French.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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