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单词 whitefieldite
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Whitefielditen.

Brit. /ˈwɪtfiːldʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪtfildˌaɪt/
Forms: 1700s– Whitefieldite, 1700s– Whitfieldite.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Whitefield , Whitfield , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of George Whitefield (also Whitfield: see Whitefieldian n. and adj.) + -ite suffix1.
Now rare.
A follower of the Calvinistic Methodist George Whitefield. Cf. Whitefieldian n.
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1748 St. James' Evening Post Oct. Hamburg... A new set of Methodists (much like our Whitefieldites).
1818 Methodist Mag. Feb. 52 At night she took him to task, and asked him whether he was a Wesleyan or a Whitefieldite?
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 37/2 His mother had been a Whitefieldite, and she had done great things for him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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