| ORTHODOXQUAKERS | Strictly observant members of the Religious Society of Friends |
| QUAKERS | Popular name for members of the Religious Society of Friends (7) |
| QUAKER | Member of the Religious Society of Friends (6) |
| JESUIT | Member of the order of the religious Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius of Loyola (6) |
| EARTHQUAKE | Land member of religious society of friends sacrificing resistance to shocking occurence (10) |
| IGNATIUS | Roman Catholic saint who was the founder of the religious order known as the Jesuits, ... of Loyola |
| AGA | "___ Khan" - Hereditary title of the religious and spiritual leader of the sect of lsmaili Muslims (3) |
| NISAN | Seventh month of the civil and first of the religious year in the Jewish calendar |
| ADAR | Sixth month of the civil year, and twelfth month of the religious year, in the Hebrew calendar (4) |
| THAMMUZ | The tenth month of the civil (and fourth of the religious) Jewish calendar (7) |
| TEBET | Fourth month of the Jewish civil, and tenth of the religious, year (5) |
| ELUL | 12th month of the civil, sixth of the religious year |
| ORATORY | Religious society of secular priests |
| FRANCISCAN | Member of the religious order originating with the 'Friars Minor', established in the early 13th century (10) |
| RASTAFARIAN | Jamaican follower of the religious movement in which the emperor Haile Selassie was held to be an incarnation of God |
| RASTA | Member of the religious movement in which the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is viewed as an incarnation of God |
| ANNLEE | American founder of the religious sect known as the Shakers: 2 wds. |
| SCAPULAR | Of the religious garment worn over the shoulders (8) |
| SECT | Sections off the back half of the religious group (4) |
| RABBI | I p-prohibit the return of the religious leader (5) |