| 释义 |
river brethren
noun plural
Usage: usually capitalized R&B
Etymology: from the Susquehanna river, near which the denomination was formed
: members of a body of Christians formed about 1770 in Pennsylvania among Swiss and German immigrants, resembling the Mennonites in doctrines and practices, and now divided into the Brethren in Christ, the Yorker Brethren, and the United Zion Church |