<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination.</li><li>a group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition.</li><li>(in the sociology of religion) a Christian denomination characterized by insistence on strict qualifications for membership, as distinguished from the more inclusive groups called churches.</li><li>any group, party, or faction united by a specific doctrine or under a doctrinal leader.</li><li>a native or inhabitant of one's own country.</li><li>a native or inhabitant of a particular region.</li><li>a person who lives in the country.</li><li>an unsophisticated person, as one who lives in or comes from a rural area; rustic.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>landsman</li><li>compatriot</li><li>peasant</li><li>farmer</li><li>rustic</li><li>brotherhood</li><li>bonhomie</li><li>conviviality</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>foreigner</li></ul>