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Wilfridian Eccl. Hist.|wɪlˈfrɪdɪən|
[f. St. Wilfrid (634–709) + -ian.]
A member of a religious fraternity founded by Father F. W. Faber (1814–63) for his fellow-converts to Roman Catholicism; later united with the oratory of St. Philip Neri, Birmingham.
1847F. W. Faber Let. 23 Sept. in J. W. Bowden Life & Lett. Frederick William Faber (1869) viii. 329 The Wilfridians are allowed to work their double work, against ignorance and brutal sin. 1848J. H. Newman Let. 2 Jan. (1962) XII. 144 What seems to me best is..for.. St John and you to go to Cotton to take charge of the Wilfridians. 1869J. W. Bowden Life & Lett. Frederick William Faber viii. 295 From the name of the latter Saint they were commonly called Wilfridians. 1928St. Wilfrid xvii. 231 Father Faber did much to make him known and loved... In his first year as a Catholic priest, he and his forty Wilfridians converted a whole parish in Staffordshire. 1981S. Chitty Gwen John ix. 134 Frederick Faber..became a Catholic and founded the order of Wilfridians at Elton. |