Russelliten.1adj.
/ˈrʌsəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrəsəˌlaɪt/ Politics. Now historical.
A. n.1
A supporter of Lord John Russell or his policies, esp. as considered representative of traditional Whig principles. Cf. Peelite n., Palmerstonian n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > supporters of specific politician
Straffordiansa1675
Pittite1762
Foxite1782
Wilkitea1797
Burkite1807
Peelite1829
Russellite1835
Gladstonian1847
Palmerstonian1852
Parnellite1881
Chamberlainite1884
Churchillian1886
Cobdenite1887
Lloyd-Georgeite1921
MacDonaldite1924
Asquithian1928
Lloyd-Georgian1928
Mosleyite1932
Churchillian1933
Bevanite1951
Butskellite1955
Butskellist1957
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1966
Powellist1968
Bennite1976
Thatcherite1976
Majorite1990
Blairite1994
1835 Age 17 May 157/1 The carping Russellites of Cogers' Hall.
1846 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 809/1 The staple material of the next ministry will be Peelites or Russellites, or both.
1887 H. R. F. Bourne Eng. Newspapers II. xvi. 107 The Russellites..were in some agreement with the Peelites, against the Palmerstonians.
1959 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 49 24/1 A good opportunity to overthrow the Derby Government and to unite all the Liberal forces (Russellites, Palmerstonians, Radicals, and Peelites) in one great hostile vote.
2000 J. Parry in D. Bebbington & R. Swift Gladstone Centenary Ess. 106 A quintessential Russellite who believed in the importance of men of vision and honour offering inspiring political leadership in order to raise the cultural standards of the people.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Lord John Russell or the Russellites.
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1838 Churchman Feb. 47 With the Russellite treacherous Commission within, and the Broughamite infidel education scheme without, we declare it as our solemn conviction, that the Church was never in so great danger.
1865 Glasgow Herald 1 Nov. 5/5 They already think the Ministry too Russellite.
1914 W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli III. xv. 557 Conservatives, Russellite Whigs, and Radicals went together into the Opposition lobby.
2006 J. Parry Politics of Patriotism iii. 147 To strengthen his [sc. Palmerston's] hand in the Whig coalition by allying him with the Russellite tradition against the non-interventionists.
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Russelliten.2
/ˈrʌsəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrəsəˌlaɪt/ Now historical.
A follower of the teachings of Charles Taze Russell, founder of a millenarian fundamentalist sect of which the Jehovah's Witnesses were an offshoot. Cf. Jehovah's Witness at Jehovah n. 2.
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1896 Flaming Sword Jan. 13/2 To love the Lord our God with all our heart..and our neighbor as ourself—means more than an Orthodox or a Russellite ever apprehended.
1915 Truth 20 Jan. 91/2 It is into the Watch Tower Society that the Russellites pay their contributions.
1952 Tablet 15 Oct. 496/1 The ‘message’ of these Russellites resembles that of the Great Pyramidists.
1975 J. A. Beckford Trumpet of Prophecy i. 3 In spite of the disturbances that subsequent revisions caused among the Russellites doctrinal flexibility probably secured more advantages than disadvantages.
2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xiii. 359 The Witnesses, the Russellites, the Watchtower, the Bible Tract Society—in those days they went under many names.
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Russelliten.3
/ˈrʌsəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrəsəˌlaɪt/ Politics (now historical).
An adherent or advocate of the politics of Thomas Wallace Russell, esp. in relation to his support for land reform in Ireland.
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1902 Times 29 Jan. 9/5 Mr. Wood stands nominally as a Unionist, but really as an advocate of compulsory sale, and is promised the Nationalist vote as well as that of the Russellites.
1920 Manch. Guardian 3 May 8/6 At the next election the Russellites all but disappeared, and with them went their leader.
1999 P. Maume Long Gestation ii. 42 [Russell] blamed the failures of the Union on selfish landlordism: if the land question were solved..nationalism would disintegrate. Russellites fought by-elections against official Unionists, winning two through nationalist tactical voting.
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russelliten.4
/ˈrʌsəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrəsəˌlaɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare mineral consisting of bismuth tungstate, occurring as pale yellow or green fine-grained masses.Chemical formula: Bi2WO6. Crystal system: orthorhombic.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > other oxides > other mixed oxides
beudantite1826
thrombolite1844
zirkelite1895
russellite1938
zirconolite1957
1938 M. H. Hey & F. A. Bannister in Mineral. Mag. 25 42 We propose for the mineral the name russellite, in honour of Mr. Arthur Russell.
1970 Mineral. Mag. 37 705 Russellite Bi2O3.WO3 occurs in a small pegmatite near Poona, Western Australia.
2008 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 130 17650/1 Russellite has an orthorhombic structure consisting of layers of WO6 octahedra sandwiched between layers of bismuth and oxygen.
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