Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Sticking; clinging; attached; adhering. 2. (a.) Attached as an attribute or circumstance. 3. (a.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. 4. (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. 5. (n.) That which adheres; an appendage.

Multi-Version Concordance Adherent (1 Occurrence) Acts 26:5 For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee. (WEY)