Noun
Doctrines of the Shakers.
Source: Webster's dictionary“If I had to Study the Female Trait: Philemon Stewart, ‘Petticoat Government’ Issues and Later Nineteenth-Century Shakerism.” Source: Internet
Shakerism has a message for this present age–a message as valid today as when it was first expressed. Source: Internet
Their message, surviving over two centuries in America, reads in part as follows: Shakerism is not, as many would claim, an anachronism; nor can it be dismissed as the final sad flowering of 19th century liberal utopian fervor. Source: Internet