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Wycliffite, -ifite, n. and a. Ch. Hist.|ˈwɪklɪfaɪt|
Forms: 6 Sc. Wiclefit, 7 Wickliv- (7–8 -lev-), 8 Wicliv-, 8–9 Wicliff- (9 Wiclif-, Wiklif-), Wickliff-, 9 Wycliff-, Wyclifite.
[ad. med. or early mod.L. Wiclefita, etc., f. the name of John Wycliffe or Wyclif (c 1320–1384; also spelt Wiclif, etc.), English theologian, writer, and religious reformer, + -ite1 1 b.]
A. n. One who held or propagated the religious tenets or doctrines of Wycliffe; a follower of Wycliffe; = Wycliffian, Wycliffist ns.
1580J. Hay in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 54 Heresies, of the Albigenses, Waldenses, Wiclefits, Hussits. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Wicklivites, the followers of Wicklif. 1684S. G. Anglorum Spec. 796 Eleanor Cobham was persecuted for being a Wicklevite. 1720Lewis Life Wyclif 108 A most effectual Way to ruine the poor Wicliffites. 1778Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. 390 The Wickliffites entirely grounded their ideas..on scriptural proofs. 1813T. D. Whitaker Visio P. Pl. p. xviii, That he..taught almost all the fundamental doctrines of Christianity has no tendency to prove him a Wickliffite or Lollard. 1850Forshall & Madden Holy Bible I. p. xxxiii. note, The Wycliffites..were not backward to defend their right to have the Scriptures in their own language. 1870Rogers Hist. Glean. Ser. ii. 57 [Bishop] Richard Fleming had also been a Wiklifite.
B. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to, written or made by, Wycliffe or his followers.
1843Way Promp. Parv. 316 note, In the earlier Wicliffite version. 1880F. D. Matthew Wyclif's Wks. p. xxviii, That he really held Wyclifite opinions. 1884J. R. Thomson Life Wiclif 86/1 The Wiclifite tenets spread most rapidly. 1896Skeat in Trans. Philol. Soc. 219 A diligent student of Wycliffite literature.
2. Of persons: That is a follower of Wycliffe; holding, advocating, or propagating the religious views of Wycliffe and his school.
1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvi. 450 The Wycliffite or Lollard preachers had raised a cry against the clergy. 1880F. D. Matthew Wyclif's Wks. p. xxix. (heading), Wyclifite Party crushed. |