[ししゅ;ししゅう, shishu ; shishuu] (n) (1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies [Add to Longdo]
[しちしゅ, shichishu] (n) seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Devotee \Dev`o*tee"\, n.
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to
religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious
duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
[1913 Webster]
While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a
devotee. --A. S. Hardy.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devotee
n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: {fan}, {buff},
{devotee}, {lover}]
From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:
devotee [devətiː]
Anhänger