Foxianadj.
/ˈfɒksɪən/ Pertaining to:
a. John Foxe, author of the Book of Martyrs.
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1641 J. Milton Animadversions 14 They which one of your Bishops..scornfully termes the Foxian Confessors.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 30 For whether he were the man who term'd the Martyrs Foxian confessors, it matters not.
b. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends or ‘Quakers’.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective]
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1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 386/2 Once only..I witnessed a sample of the old Foxian orgasm.
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