Schwenkfeldiann.adj.
/ʃwɛŋkˈfɛldɪən/ A. n.
A member of the sect founded by Caspar Schwenkfeld.
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Schwenkfeldian1562
Swenkfeldian1564
Schwenkfelder1792
1562 tr. J. Jewel Apol. Church Eng. 19 b Certen newe sectes..as Anabaptistes,..Zuenkfeldians.
1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge xv. 154 The Swenkfeldians.
1587 T. Rogers Eng. Creede: 2nd Pt. 41 Who wil not vse the Sacraments at al, but contemne them, as..the Schuenkfildians.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 463/2 Schwenkfeld left behind him a sect (who were called subsequently by others Schwenkfeldians, but who called themselves ‘Confessors of the Glory of Christ’).
B. adj.
Belonging to this sect.
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1876 R. Barclay Inner Life Relig. Soc. 243 In 1734, forty Schwenkfeldian families travelled to England, and finally emigrated to Pennsylvania.
Derivatives
Schwenkfeldianism n.
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Schwenkfeldianism1579
1579 St. Papers, Foreign 1579–80 81 Nestorianism, Eutychianism, Suengfeldianism and the like damnable heresies.
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