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Gurneyite, a. and n. U.S. Now Hist.|ˈgɜːnɪaɪt|
[f. the name of Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), English Quaker + -ite.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or designating an evangelical American Quaker movement inspired by the ideas of John Gurney.
B. n. A follower or supporter of this movement. Cf. *Wilburite a. and n.
1844J. Wilbur Let. 20 Feb. in Jrnl. Life John Wilbur (1859) vi. 378 The success of the Gurneyites in carrying their measures in our late Quarterly Meeting. 1845E. Comfort Let. 22 Aug. in Ibid. 401, I have just received and read what the Gurneyite Yearly Meeting call a statement of facts. 1876W. Hodgson Society of Friends in 19th Cent. II. xviii. 426 Should any attempt be made on the part of the advanced Gurneyites..there will then be no safety in the halfway course. 1907M. J. Taber Just a Few ‘Friends’ iii. 165 More Wilburite than Gurneyite in their views. 1957Encycl. Brit. IX. 850/1 After the Civil War a great revival movement began among Orthodox Gurneyite Friends. 1986Friends' Q. Oct. 179 The Gurneyite–Wilburite schism at mid-century. |