Religious Society of Friends

Noun

Meaning

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Quakers Society of Friends quaker Friends

Hypernyms

sect religious order religious sect

Examples

Although his family had been Quakers for four generations, he was expelled from the Religious Society of Friends because his involvement with a military force contradicted his faith's pacifistic nature. Source: Internet

Changing roles A woman publicly witnessing at a Quaker meeting seemed an extraordinary feature of the Religious Society of Friends, worth recording for a wider public. Source: Internet

Religious Society of Friends In 1647 Fox began to preach publicly: Fox in Nickalls, pp.18–19 in market-places, fields, appointed meetings of various kinds or even sometimes "steeple-houses" after the service. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

religious service religious skepticism religious socialism religious society of jesus religious song religious studies