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Vanist|ˈveɪnɪst|
[See def. and -ist.]
An adherent of Sir Henry Vane (1613–62) in respect of Antinomian principles.
1658Baxter Life John Howe Wks. 1846 Pref. p. xiii, Infidels and Papists who are very high and busy under several garbs, especially of Seekers, Vanists, Behmenists. 1664― Life (1696) 63 The Vanists, the Independants, and other Sects..was left by Cromwell to do his Business under the Name of the Parliament of England. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (ed. 2) 135 Favouring the errors of the..Vanists. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe iii. 65 Here was a Vanist, pouring out his unintelligible rhapsodies. |