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† Biˈddelian, -ˈellian, Bidellian Obs. exc. Hist.
A follower of John Biddle (died 1662), styled the father of the English Unitarians.
1780Kippis Biogr. Brit. II. 307/2 note, The adherents to Mr. Biddle were called Biddellians; but this name was lost in the more common appellation of Socinians, or, what they preferred, Unitarians. 1882–3Schaff in Herzog's Encycl. Rel. Knowl. I. 296. |