Hicksite

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English

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Etymology

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From Hicks +‎ -ite.

Noun

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Hicksite (plural Hicksites)

  1. (US, historical) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Quakers in 1827.

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