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Simeonite|ˈsɪmɪənaɪt|
[f. the name of the Rev. Charles Simeon (1759–1836) + -ite1 1 b.]
a. A follower or adherent of Simeon or a supporter of his theological doctrines; a Low Churchman or Evangelical. Also abbrev. Sim2.
1823Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar T., Simeonites (at Cambridge), the followers of the Rev. Charles Simeon..; they are, in fact, rank methodists. 1837Wilberforce in Ashwell Life (1880) I. iv. 112 The Simeonites are not likely to invite us. 1884World 3 Dec. 16/2 Dr. Law attracted a vast number of Low Church people to Weston, and at one time the town was as full of ‘Simeonites’ and their disciples as Bath or Cheltenham.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1837Wilberforce in Ashwell Life (1880) I. iv. 112 The good people there tell him one of us is to be the new (Simeonite) Rector. 1850Macaulay in Trevelyan Life (1876) II. 254, I found the stairs, the passages, and the very street..full of parsons, Puseyite and Simeonite. 1893‘Mark Rutherford’ Catharine Furze vi, The patronage was in the hands of the Simeonite trustees.
Hence ˈSimeonism, adherence to the doctrines of Simeon.
a1902S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xlvii. 213 These poor fellows formed a class apart..and it was among them that Simeonism chiefly flourished. |