Shakers

Noun

Meaning

a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dice fist craps ivories united society of believers in christ's second appearing

Hypernyms

sect religious order religious sect

Phrases with the word

pepper shakers salt shakers

Examples

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts. Theodore Sturgeon

If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious experience, as "spiritual life,” "God,” "soul,” "cross,” etc., and if they could not find new ones next week, they might remain silent. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. Brian Tracy

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come. Marc Newson

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without. Douglas Coupland

;Arts, crafts, music * Andrews, Edward D. The Gift to Be Simple: Songs, Dances & Rituals of the American Shakers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shakerism Shakerley Shakerlike shakes shakes hands shakes me