| 释义 |
Rogerene U.S.|ˈrɒdʒəriːn|
[f. the name Rogers (see below) + -ene as in Nazarene a. and n.]
A member of a small religious sect founded by John Rogers (1648–1721) in Connecticut, opposed to some of the formal practices of churches and participation in military service. Also attrib. in Rogerene Quaker.
1754J. Hempstead Diary 17 Mar. in Coll. New London Co. Hist. Soc. (1901) I, A Company of the Rogerens..held their meeting after our meeting was over. 1820Niles' Reg. 22 July 366/1 A contagious disorder is now raging among the sect known by the name of Rogereen Quakers in Grotan. 1865Harper's Mag. May 812/2 In the year 1720 a sect arose in New London, Connecticut, called, from their leader, ‘Rogerenes’. 1865Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Coll. VII. 584 John, the third son of James Rogers, of New London, and the founder of the sect of Rogerenes, of whom a small number still remain in that vicinity. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 602/3 The Shakers, the Christadelphians and the Rogerenes are other sects. 1943New England Q. Mar. 3 On a wooded hill above Mystic, Connecticut, live the remnants of a little-known religious sect called the Rogerenes, or sometimes Rogerene Quakers. |