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Restiˈtutionist
[-ist.]
1. Theol. One who accepts in some form the doctrine of the ‘restitution of all things’; a restorationist. Chiefly U.S. (See quots.)
1773J. Boucher Amer. Revol. (1797) 261 note, Those who, during their connexion with Great Britain, were contented to be called Dissenters or Independents, are now pretty generally become, or are becoming, either Universal Restitutionists, Arians or Socinians. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 362 Restitutionists, a religious sect which has recently sprung up in Worcester and some other places. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 242 The more pretentious Restitutionists of Massachusetts believe in an immediate return of all things to their original form and purity.
2. One who advocates restitution (of property).
1885Pall Mall G. 7 Oct. 1/1 The Restitutionists of the Chamberlain school and the Rights of Property men who swear by Lord Hartington. |