Spenceanadj.n.
/spɛnˈsiːən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Thomas Spence or his views.
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1817 Castlereagh in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 280 To trace these Hampden and Spencean clubs through all their bearings.
1817 Castlereagh in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 280 The great mass received the Spencean doctrines among them.
1866 R. S. Charnock Verba Nominalia 287 Spencean System, a plan..by which the human kind could be provided with sustenance without pauperism.
B. n.
A follower of Thomas Spence.
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1817 W. Ponsonby in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 286 Those foolish and criminal people called the Spenceans.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 132 The poor visionaries called Spenceans.
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