non-practicing
Not actively observing
Non-practicing describes someone who identifies with a religion, profession, or group but doesn't actively engage in its practices.
A non-practicing Catholic was baptized and may still identify culturally but doesn't attend mass or observe religious duties.
A non-practicing lawyer holds a law degree but doesn't currently work in legal practice.
The term acknowledges identity without current participation.
Granted official permission
- qualifiedMeeting necessary standards
- certifiedOfficially declared valid
- barredBlocked from entry
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
accredited · credentialed · graduate · alumnus · trained · educated · retired · inactive
Reverted to former sins
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- unobservantNot paying attention
- lapsedEnded through neglect
nominal · cultural · non-religious · disaffiliated · unchurched · inactive · cafeteria · irreligious
Abstaining from sex
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- abstinentRefraining from pleasures
- continentLarge connected landmass
- teetotalAvoiding all alcohol
sober · clean · restraining · refraining · forgoing · renouncing · self-denying · ascetic
licensed
Granted official permission
registered · accredited · credentialed · graduate · alumnus · trained · educated · retired · inactive · non-working
backslidden
Reverted to former sins
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- unobservantNot paying attention
lapsed · nominal · cultural · non-religious · disaffiliated · unchurched · inactive · cafeteria · irreligious · estranged
celibate
Abstaining from sex
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- abstinentRefraining from pleasures
- continentLarge connected landmass
teetotal · sober · clean · restraining · refraining · forgoing · renouncing · self-denying · ascetic · temperate
- ex-believersapostate, ex-believer, former believer, lapsed, deconvert
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
non-practicingpracticing
Repeated skill refinement
observant · devout · churchgoing · pious · active
non-practicingpracticing
Repeated skill refinement
active · in practice · working · employed · professional
practicing, practice, practices, practiced, practitioner, practitioners, practicable, practical, practically