Example sentences from the Web for Shakers

These men knew each other as comrades in arms, and are members of a brotherhood that includes movers and shakers.
Halevi's 'Like Dreamers' Is the Big Book On Israel We've Been Waiting For|Don Futterman|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Female movers and shakers host their own economic forum in France.
Davos in Heels|Hannah Seligson|October 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
So in a city now crammed with a plethora of big name chefs is a sentimental journey enough to entice the movers and shakers?
The Jockey Club Makes a Comeback|Sandra McElwaine|December 7, 2008|DAILY BEAST
We should soon come to nothing without them, though the Shakers have the best gardens in the world.
Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character|Charles Dudley Warner

Apart from their religious meetings, the Shakers have what they call "union meetings."
Mind Amongst the Spindles|Various
Here he was kept till he was four or five years old, when he was given to the Shakers, from whom he ran away at ten or twelve.
The Rangers|D. P. Thompson
Two Shakers in the cars,—both, if I mistake not, with thread gloves on.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866|Various
But it is folly to expect that we can induce such persons to live the lives of Shakers.
Fruits of Philosophy|Charles Knowlton

Shakers

/ (ˈʃeɪkəz) /

pl n

the Shakers an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property

Words nearby Shakers

shake one's head, shakeout, shaker, Shaker Heights, Shakerism, Shakers, shake someone's tree, Shakespeare, Shakespearean, Shakespeareana, Shakespearean sonnet

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Cultural definitions for Shakers

Shakers

A religious group that rose in America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Shakers derived their name from a dance that was part of their religious ceremony. They lived in small, tightly knit communities and observed celibacy.

notes for Shakers

Shaker furniture is renowned for its simplicity, strength, and beauty.

单词	shakers
释义	Example sentences from the Web for Shakers These men knew each other as comrades in arms, and are members of a brotherhood that includes movers and shakers. Halevi's 'Like Dreamers' Is the Big Book On Israel We've Been Waiting For\|Don Futterman\|October 8, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Female movers and shakers host their own economic forum in France. Davos in Heels\|Hannah Seligson\|October 21, 2009\|DAILY BEAST So in a city now crammed with a plethora of big name chefs is a sentimental journey enough to entice the movers and shakers? The Jockey Club Makes a Comeback\|Sandra McElwaine\|December 7, 2008\|DAILY BEAST We should soon come to nothing without them, though the Shakers have the best gardens in the world. Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character\|Charles Dudley Warner Apart from their religious meetings, the Shakers have what they call "union meetings." Mind Amongst the Spindles\|Various Here he was kept till he was four or five years old, when he was given to the Shakers, from whom he ran away at ten or twelve. The Rangers\|D. P. Thompson Two Shakers in the cars,—both, if I mistake not, with thread gloves on. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866\|Various But it is folly to expect that we can induce such persons to live the lives of Shakers. Fruits of Philosophy\|Charles Knowlton Shakers / (ˈʃeɪkəz) / pl n the Shakers an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property Words nearby Shakers shake one's head, shakeout, shaker, Shaker Heights, Shakerism, Shakers, shake someone's tree, Shakespeare, Shakespearean, Shakespeareana, Shakespearean sonnet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Shakers Shakers A religious group that rose in America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Shakers derived their name from a dance that was part of their religious ceremony. They lived in small, tightly knit communities and observed celibacy. notes for Shakers Shaker furniture is renowned for its simplicity, strength, and beauty. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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