Bible-Christiann.
1. A Christian according to Scriptural standard.
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Bible-Christian1766
1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 31 Oct. A real Bible Christian.
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 203 The Methodists..were one and all determined to be Bible-Christians.
2. The name of a Protestant sect founded in 1815 by William O. Bryan, a Wesleyan preacher in Cornwall; chiefly in the south-west of England.
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Bible-Christiana1860
Bryanite1882
a1860 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1864) 267 Still more objectionable is the title of Bible-Christians assumed by a sect.
1860 E. Venables Isle of Wight 389 The ‘Bible Christians,’ or ‘Bryanites,’ were peculiarly active in gathering congregations in the outlying hamlets.
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