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English
Etymology
From Joseph + -ite.
Pronunciation
Noun
Josephite (plural Josephites)
- A descendant of the biblical patriarch Joseph and the two half tribes which descended from his sons Ephraim (Ephraimites) and Manasseh (Manassites).
- A student or alumnus of St Joseph's College, Allahabad.
- A student or alumnus of St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka.
- One of the Russian followers of hegumen Joseph Volotsky, who advocated the church's ownership of land, social activity and charity.
- A member of a late 1920s-1940s movement in the Russian Orthodox Church, followers of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh).
- A member of Josephites-CJ, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Belgium.
- A member of St. Joseph's Missionary Society.
- A member of the Josephite Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious order originally established to minister to African Americans, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- A Latter Day Saint adherent tracing Restorationist priesthood lineage through Joseph Smith III, son of the movement's founder.
- A member of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Derived terms
Translations
follower of Joseph Volotsky
follower of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh)
See also
- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel)
- (descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel): Asher (Asherite), Benjamin (Benjaminite), Dan (Danite), Gad (Gadite), Issachar (Issacharite), Joseph (Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite), Manasseh (Manassite)), Judah (Judahite), Levi (Levite), Naphtali (Naphtalite), Reuben (Reubenite), Simeon (Simeonite), Zebulun (Zebulunite)
- Israel
- Israeli
- Israelite
- Israelitic
- Israelitish
- Jew
- Jewish
- Judah
- Judean
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