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单词 Beaconite
释义 Beaconite|ˈbiːkənaɪt|
[f. beacon in the title of I. Crewdson's A Beacon to the Society of Friends, 1835 + -ite1.]
In the history of the Quakers, one of a party who, following the lead of Isaac Crewdson, held that the current Quaker doctrines were contrary to Scripture and seceded in 1836.
1835M. Howitt Let. 29 Dec. in Autobiogr. (1889) I. vii. 246, I should like to know whether any persons in whom I am interested in Liverpool join the Beaconites.1836J. Southall in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1920) XVII. 82 The Beaconites preach up charity so exclusively.Ibid. 83 A..man..labouring under disadvantage from Beaconite associations.1921R. M. Jones Later Periods Quakerism I. ix. 310 The position of the ‘Beaconites’—i.e. the position of literalism and ultra-orthodoxy.
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