Kensititen.
/ˈkɛnzɪtʌɪt/ A follower of John Kensit (1853–1902), a Low Church extremist who objected to alleged Romanizing aspects of the Anglican Church.
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Protestant1583
latitude man1662
latitudinarian1662
Low Churchman1698
low-flyer?1704
lowboy1707
Simeonite1795
Hoadlyite1800
evangelical1804
evangelic1812
peculiar1834
Sim1836
Recordite1844
evangelican1876
Kensitite1898
1898 Tablet 6 Aug. 207/1 It was disloyalty, with which Mr. Drummond and his brethren were charged by an irate and portly Kensitite with a Hyde Park voice.
1904 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 6/6 The cheering of the ‘Kensitites’ brought a crowd quickly to the scene.
1907 Daily Chron. 14 May 5/4 Some of the audience endeavoured to expel the Kensitites.
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 50 The Ritualists, strongly opposed by the Kensitites or followers of John Kensit.
1928 Daily Express 1 Dec. 11 (heading) Kensitite protests at the new Archbishop's election.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza iv. 29 The Ritualists and the Kensitites were at it again.
Draft additions 1997
ˈKensitism n. the doctrine or beliefs of the Kensitites.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun]
latitudinarianism1676
Low Church1699
Low-Churchisma1787
Hoadlyism1800
evangelicism1807
evangelism1812
Low-Churchmanism1829
evangelicalism1831
peculiarism1835
peculiarity1838
evangelicanism1887
Kensitism1898
1898 Church Times 7 Oct. 375/4 Last week we asked Dr. Moule to take note of this curious alliance between Kensitism and Popery.
1936 Irish News 17 Nov. 2/4 Orator of Kensitism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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