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Wilburite, a. and n. U.S. Now Hist.|ˈwɪlbəraɪt|
[f. the name of John Wilbur (1774–1856), New England Quaker, + -ite.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or designating a conservative American Quaker movement founded in 1845 by John Wilbur.
B. n. A member of this movement.
1845S. Rodman Diary (1927) 268/1 This is the day of the [Friends'] monthly meeting and the Wilburite schism has divided it into two. 1853Ibid. 313/1 Fr's Taber, one of the heads of the Wilburites who was absent from his place, was confined by ill health. 1907M. J. Taber Just Few ‘Friends’ iii. 165 The majority of Friends in Philadelphia are more Wilburite than Gurneyite in their views. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 255/2 Schism is often a sign of religious vitality, and so it proved then. Whether Hicksite, Wilburite, or Gurneyite, all branches of Quakerism began to show vigour unknown in their days of torpid unity. 1986Friends' Q. Oct. 149 The article did not go into the details of the orthodox, Hicksite, Gurneyite, Wilburite, Beaconite, universalist, programmed, unprogrammed and evangelical movements within Friends. |