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Spencean, a. and n.|spɛnˈsiːən|
[f. the name of the political theorist Thomas Spence (1750–1814).]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Thomas Spence or his views.
1817Castlereagh in Parl. Deb. 280 To trace these Hampden and Spencean clubs through all their bearings. Ibid., The great mass received the Spencean doctrines among them. 1866Charnock Verba Nom. 287 Spencean System, a plan..by which the human kind could be provided with sustenance without pauperism.
B. n. A follower of Thomas Spence.
1817W. Ponsonby in Parl. Deb. 286 Those foolish and criminal people called the Spenceans. 1817Coleridge ‘Blessed are ye’ 132 The poor visionaries called Spenceans. |