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Adherent

Adherent Meaning & Definition
Adherent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adherent?

[n] someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
[adj] sticking fast

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adherent: adhesive | disciple

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See Also | absolutist | amoralist | animist | antinomian | Apostle | Aristotelean | Aristotelian | Arminian | diabolist | dualist | follower | Hinayanist | Hussite | Jainist | Lamaist | Lutheran | Mahayanist | Mithraist | Peripatetic | Rasta | Rastafarian | Satanist | Shintoist | Sikh | Socinian | Tantrist | Tao | Taoist | Trinitarian | Unitarian | votary | Zen Buddhist | Zoroastrian

Adherent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*her"ent\, a. [L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adh['e]rent.] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. --Pope. 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
\Ad*her"ent\, n. 1. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. 2. That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] --Milton. Syn: Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.

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