Ranterismn.
/ˈrantərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈræn(t)əˌrɪz(ə)m/ Now historical.
The practices or doctrines of the Ranters (ranter n. 2a, 2b).
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Rantism1653
Ranterism1668
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > Methodist sects and groups > [noun] > primitive
Primitive Methodist Connexion1812
Ranterism1841
primitivism1907
1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism (title page) Anti-Ranterism Or Christ'ndome newchrist'nd.]
1668 W. Penn Truth Exalted 12 Doctrines of Devils indeed, and grounds of all looseness and Ranterism.
1673 W. Penn Spirit of Alexander the Copper-smith 9 It is an absolute Inlet to Ranterism.
1697 G. Keith 2nd Narr. Proc. Turners-Hall 26 The bottom of it is Ranterisme, and wild Notion and Fancy.
1841 Englishman's Mag. 1 Mar. 32 Methodism and Ranterism.
1896 ‘J. Ackworth’ Clog Shop Chron. 200 A revival o' neyse and ranterism and bosh.
1943 Church Hist. 12 184 Both Winstanley and Fox had to defend themselves against the charge of Ranterism and the accusation of denying God, Christ, the scriptures, and the ordinances.
1973 W. R. Ward Relig. & Soc. in Eng. iii. 59 Methodism and Ranterism had doubtless contributed to the unsettled state of society, but with Luddism going full blast, official Methodism was a force of social order.
1994 Queen's Q. Fall 690 Lawton sees Ranterism as a discursive struggle carried out against the entrenched discourse of authority.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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