Bangorianadj.
/baŋˈɡɔːrɪən/ Bangorian controversy n. a religious controversy raised by a sermon preached before the king in 1717 by Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Bangor, directed against the non-jurors.
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1718 C. Norris (title) The Reconciler, or the Bangorian Controversy, abridg'd.
1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 17 Nov. 201 They are informed of the excellence of the Bangorian controversy.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 254/1 The celebrated Bangorian controversy,..one of the most remarkable in the history of the Protestant church of England.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 280/2 It was the year [1717] in which Bishop Hoadley preached that famous sermon on The Kingdom of Christ, which gave rise to the..theological war known as the ‘Bangorian controversy’.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 29/1 A war of pamphlets known as the Bangorian controversy.
Derivatives
Bangorian n. a supporter of Benjamin Hoadly.
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1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xliii. 235 There is in the university of Oxford..a dreadful register, call'd the blackbook..At present it is made use of to vent party spleen, and is fill'd up with whigs, constitutioners, and bangorians.
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