| 单词 | rogerene quaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRogerene Quaker More fully Rogerene Quaker. A member of a small Christian sect founded by John Rogers (1648–1721) in Connecticut, opposed to various formal practices of the established churches (such as the requirement for worship on Sundays) and participation in, or taxation for, the military. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Rogerene > [noun] Rogerene1754 1754 J. Hempstead Diary 17 Mar. (1998) 610 A Copany of the Rogerens..held their meeting after our meeting was over. 1784 I. Backus Church Hist. New-Eng. II. v. 108 A number of the Rogerenes were seized in a clandestine way, and were scourged in a most barbarous manner. 1820 Niles' Reg. 22 July 366/1 A contagious disorder is now raging among the sect known by the name of Rogereen Quakers in Grotan. 1865 Harper's Mag. May 812/2 In the year 1720 a sect arose in New London, Connecticut, called, from their leader, ‘Rogerenes’. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 602/3 The Shakers, the Christadelphians and the Rogerenes are other sects. 1943 New Eng. Q. Mar. 3 On a wooded hill above Mystic, Connecticut, live the remnants of a little-known religious sect called the Rogerenes, or sometimes Rogerene Quakers. 1972 Sociol. Anal. 33 97 By 1775 there were Congregational, Presbyterian..and Rogerene congregations in the colonies. 2003 T. F. Curran Soldiers of Peace ii. 33 The Rogerene Quakers, commonly known simply as the Rogerenes, resided primarily in southern Connecticut. < as lemmas |
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