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Huntingdon|ˈhʌntɪŋdən|
The title of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707–91), used in (Lady or Countess of) Huntingdon('s) Connection to designate a Calvinistic Methodist sect founded by her. So Huntingˈdonian a. and n.
[1773J. Wesley Let. 22 Oct. (1931) VI. 51, I am afraid Lady Huntingdon's preachers will do little good wherever they go. They are wholly swallowed up in that detestable doctrine of Predestination, and can talk of nothing else.] a1800M. Robinson Mem. (1803) I. 90 Though Mr Harris was not a disciple of the Huntingdonian School, he was a constant church visitor on every Sunday. 1874J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 205/1 Huntingdon Connexion, a sect of Calvinistic Methodists... Its history dates from the year 1748. 1884Encycl. Dict. IV. 241/2 The denomination which rose out of his zealous labours was generally called..the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion... Called also Lady Huntingdon's Connexion and Huntingdonians. 1970Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable (rev. ed.) 556/2 Huntingdonians, members of ‘the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion’, a sect of Calvinistic Methodists founded in 1748... The churches founded by the countess..are mostly affiliated with the Congregational Union. |