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Webster 1913 Edition


Believer

Be-liev′er

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Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Believer

BELIE'VER

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Noun.
One who believes; one who gives credit to other evidence than that of personal knowledge.
1.
In theology, one who gives credit to the truth of the scriptures, as a revelation from God. In a more restricted sense, a professor of christianity; one who receives the gospel, as unfolding the true way of salvation, and Christ, as his Savior.
In the primitive church, those who had been instructed in the truths of the gospel and baptized, were called believers; in distinction from the catechumens, who were under instruction , as preparatory to baptism and admission to church privileges.

Definition 2024


believer

believer

English

Noun

believer (plural believers)

  1. A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
    She's a believer in Wicca.

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