单词 | walkerite |
释义 | Walkeriten.1 Now historical. A member of the Church of God, a small Calvinist group which broke away from the Church of Ireland in 1804. Frequently attributive.The group adhered to early Christian practices as described in Romans 12:2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Calvinism > Calvinist groups and sects > [noun] > Walkerite Walkerite1807 1807 T. Charles Let. 6 Aug. in Life (1908) III. liii.167 The religious people are sadly divided... Cooperites, Walkerites, Haldanites..dispute with one another with great uncharitableness. 1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk (1917) 88 The Walkerite creed, or doctrine of the New Church, as it is called, appears to be a miscellany of Calvinism and Quakerism. 1872 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Jan. 57 The Walkerites..retain the ‘holy kiss’, while they reject ‘the washing of feet’; and if the Brethren reject both practices.., their position is wholly untenable. 1931 C. Archer William Archer v. 85 Thomas Archer was in general sympathy with the very similar views of the Walkerite or Separatist Church, to which most of his brothers and sisters belonged. 2001 T. Kelly & J. Walker in G. Carter Anglican Evangelicals iii. 88 The fundamental principle of the ‘Walkerites’ was that they alone had made a full return to ‘apostolic’ practices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † Walkeriten.2 Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare. A magnesium-containing variety of pectolite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > inosilicates single chain > [noun] > pyroxenoid > pectolite pectolite1828 Walkerite1880 manganpectolite1892 1880 M. F. Heddle in Mineral. Mag. Sept. 122 There being now no question that this, although standing near it, is a substance quite distinct from pectolite, I propose for it the name of Walkerite, after its discoverer. 1882 Manufacturer & Builder June 134/2 Walkerite, a variety of pectolite, containing magnesia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11807n.21880 |
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