josephite/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zəˌfaɪt/EtymologyFrom Joseph + -ite.nounA descendant of the biblical patriarch Joseph and the two half tribes which descended from his sons Ephraim (Ephraimites) and Manasseh (Manassites).A student or alumnus of St Joseph's College, Allahabad.A student or alumnus of St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka.One of the Russian followers of hegumen Joseph Volotsky, who advocated the church's ownership of land, social activity and charity.A member of a late 1920s-1940s movement in the Russian Orthodox Church, followers of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh).A member of Josephites-CJ, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Belgium.