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Glassite|ˈglɑːsaɪt, -æ-|
[f. the name Glass + -ite.]
A member of the religious sect founded by the Rev. John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland (deposed in 1728). The Glassites are also called Sandemanians.
1772J. Wesley Jrnl. 29 Apr. (1827) III. 447 Seceders, Glassites, Nonjurors, and what not! 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. (ed. 2) 173 Their twofold title of Glassites or Sandemanians is derived from their founder, John Glass..and Robert Sandeman, his son-in-law, who developed Glass's doctrine. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 730 The Sandemanians or Glassites are a Christian body in London.
attrib. or adj.1862Chambers's Encycl. IV. 784/2 A number of small churches were soon formed on Glassite principles. |