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Bible-ˈChristian
1. A Christian according to Scriptural standard.
1766Wesley Jrnl. 31 Oct., A real Bible Christian. 1788― Wks. (1872) VII. 203 The Methodists..were one and all determined to be Bible-Christians.
2. The name of a Protestant sect founded in 1815 by William O. Bryan, a Wesleyan preacher in Cornwall; chiefly in the south-west of England.
a1860Whately Com.-pl. Bk. (1864) 267 Still more objectionable is the title of Bible-Christians assumed by a sect. 1860Venables Isle Wight 389 The ‘Bible Christians,’ or ‘Bryanites,’ were peculiarly active in gathering congregations in the outlying hamlets. |