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Southˈcottian, n. and a.
Also -cotian.
[See def.]
A. n. A believer in the claims or teaching of Joanna Southcott (1750–1814), who announced herself as the woman spoken of in Revelation xii.
1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc. 1136/1 Southcottians. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 28 It would be most unjust to rank the sect which regards him as its founder with the Muggletonians or the Southcotians. 1899Dict. Nat. Biogr. LIX. 322 The Southcottians would not receive him [John Ward].
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Joanna Southcott or her followers.
1843W. B. Harrison (title), Correspondence of the Southcottian Church. 1850P. Crook War of Hats 36 Southcottian dupes—the crazed of unknown tongues. |