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nouna Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakerstype of:
Definition that contains quakers
- friend a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- light a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- quaker a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- quakers a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
- meetinghouse a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- conventicle a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- christ within a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- inner light a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- behmenism the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
- religious society of friends a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers