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quakers::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | religious society of friends, society of friends |
| Type of | religious order, religious sect, sect |
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Quakers reject the idea of priests, believing in the priesthood of all believers.
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Quakers feel it is important to let children do as they like wherever and whenever.
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Quakers were frequently imprisoned because of their refusal to swear loyalty oaths.
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Quakers will travel tomorrow and train at Queen's Park Rangers'facilities.
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Quakers, who know how to laugh at themselves, thought it was hugely funny.
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Quakers, whose meeting house is on Skipton Road, have a beautiful garden.
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Quakers and Buddhists specifically share a passion for taming the mind.
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Quakers Hill is home to numerous schools and educational institutions.
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Quakers and Moravians worked to persuade slaveholders to free families.
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- Religious Society of Friends: a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
- (quaker) Friend: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- (quaker) one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
- (quakerism) the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry
- The Religious Society of Friends is a name used by a range of independent religious organizations which all trace their origins to a Christian movement in mid-17th century England and Wales. A central belief was that ordinary people could have a direct experience of the eternal Christ. ...
- (Quaker (Friends, Society of Friends)) (1) Fingers of hand are interlaced and the thumbs are "twiddled" or made to circle one another. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - Quaker. (2) FRIEND. (3) S-CLASS FRIEND.
- (Quaker) (Philadelphia - Boston)
- (Quaker) A Christian group founded in England about 1650, which opposes violence, slavery, and war.
- (Quaker) One bean that can spoil a whole batch of coffee.
