Religious Society of Friends
Britishnoun
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The college was founded in 1887 by the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, but is secular today.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
The Religious Society of Friends, Salem Monthly Meeting, owned the tree and surrounding property since 1681, and members tended to the tree until the end.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2019
Berkeley sold his half, or West Jersey, to a group of investors seeking refuge for the Quakers, or Religious Society of Friends.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
The influence of a Quaker attorney willing to defend him pro bono sparked John’s conversion to the Religious Society of Friends.
From Washington Post
Janney, "History of the Religious Society of Friends," Phila., 1859-1867.
From The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development by DuBois, W. E. Burghardt
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