| 释义 |
Hicksite|ˈhɪksaɪt|
[f. proper name Hicks + -ite.]
A member of a seceding body of American Quakers, founded by Elias Hicks in 1827, and holding Socinian doctrines. Also attrib.
1839Marryat Diary Amer. Ser. i. III. 95 The Friends..have been separated into Orthodox and Hicksite. 1874Whittier Anti-Slavery Convent. Prose Wks. 1889 III. 178 A few spectators, mostly of the Hicksite division of Friends, were present, in broad brims and plain bonnets. |