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Foxian, a.|ˈfɒksɪən|
[f. the surname Fox or Foxe (see below) + -ian.]
Pertaining to: a. John Foxe, author of the Book of Martyrs; b. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends or ‘Quakers’.
1641Milton Animadv. (1851) 197 They which one of your Bishops scornfully termes the Foxian Confessors. 1642― Apol. Smect. (1851) 289. 1823 Lamb Elia, Quaker's Meeting, Once only..I witnessed a sample of the old Foxian orgasm. |