单词 | gurneyite |
释义 | Gurneyiteadj.n. U.S. Now Historical. A. adj. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or designating an evangelical American Quaker movement inspired by the ideas of John Gurney. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > Quaker sects and groups > [adjective] > Gurneyite Gurneyite1845 1845 E. Comfort Let. 22 Aug. in Jrnl. Life John Wilbur (1859) vi. 401 I have just received and read what the Gurneyite Yearly Meeting call a statement of facts. 1907 M. J. Taber Just a Few ‘Friends’ iii. 165 More Wilburite than Gurneyite in their views. 1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 850/1 After the Civil War a great revival movement began among Orthodox Gurneyite Friends. B. n. A follower or supporter of this movement. Cf. Wilburite adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > Quaker sects and groups > [noun] > Gurneyite Gurneyite1844 1844 J. Wilbur Let. 20 Feb. in Jrnl. Life John Wilbur (1859) vi. 378 The success of the Gurneyites in carrying their measures in our late Quarterly Meeting. 1876 W. Hodgson Society of Friends in 19th Cent. II. xviii. 426 Should any attempt be made on the part of the advanced Gurneyites..there will then be no safety in the halfway course. 1986 Friends' Q. Oct. 179 The Gurneyite–Wilburite schism at mid-century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1844 |
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