Josephite

Joseph +‎ -ite

Josephite (plural Josephites)

1. A descendant of the biblical patriarch Joseph and the two half tribes which descended from his sons Ephraim (Ephraimites) and Manasseh (Manassites).
2. A student or alumnus of St Joseph's College, Allahabad.
3. One of the Russian followers of hegumen Joseph Volotsky, who advocated the church's ownership of land, social activity and charity.
4. A member of a late 1920s-1940s movement in the Russian Orthodox Church, followers of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh).
5. A member of Josephites-CJ, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Belgium.
6. A member of St. Joseph's Missionary Society.
7. A member of the Josephite Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious order originally established to minister to African Americans, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
8. A Latter Day Saint adherent tracing Restorationist priesthood lineage through Joseph Smith III, son of the movement's founder.
9. A member of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart.