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单词 adullamite
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Adullamite

/ (əˈdʌləˌmaɪt) /

noun

a person who has withdrawn from a political group and joined with a few others to form a dissident group

Word Origin for Adullamite

C19: originally applied to members of the British House of Commons who withdrew from the Liberal party (1866); alluding to the cave of Adullam in the Bible, to which David and others fled (1 Samuel 22: 1–2)

Words nearby Adullamite

adularescent, adularia, adulate, adulation, adulatory, Adullamite, adult, adult education, adulterant, adulterate, adulteration
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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