one who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.-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.-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.