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单词 macmillanite
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Macmillaniten.

Brit. /məkˈmɪlənʌɪt/, U.S. /məkˈmɪlənaɪt/
Forms: 1700s M'Millanite, 1700s– Macmillanite, 1800s MacMillanite.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Macmillan , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of John Macmillan (1670–1753), the first ordained leader of the Church + -ite suffix1.
Now historical.
A member of the body subsequently known as the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
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1713 R. Wodrow Analecta (1842) II. 234 These five brethren..have gained much ground of the Hebronites and M'Millanites this summer.
1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 75 The most ancient Presbyterian Dissenters in Scotland, who are generally known by the name of Macmillanites.
1824 G. Chalmers Caledonia III. 323 John Macmillan, the Father of the wild sect of the Macmillanites.
1862 P. G. Tait Let. 4 Mar. in S. P. Thompson Life W. Thompson (1910) x. 465 You are a little hard on the Macmillanites; but the article is an interesting one.
1922 T. Johnston Hist. Working Classes Scotl. v. 95 Round the Wild Whigs, Wanderers, Faithful Remnants, Hillmen, Cameronians and Macmillanites, tradition has woven a story which one would not willingly let die.
1997 New Encycl. Brit. II. 767/2 In 1706 John MacMillan became their minister and carried out an active itinerant ministry. The name Macmillanite came to supersede Cameronian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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