Campbellite

American  

[kam-buh-lahyt, kam-uh-] / ˈkæm bəˌlaɪt, ˈkæm ə- /

noun

Usually Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a member of the Disciples of Christ.

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Sensitive Note

A term of mild contempt, Campbellite is also rejected by those to whom the term applies. These Christians prefer to associate themselves with the teachings of Christ, rather than the teachings of Alexander Campbell.

Etymology

Origin of Campbellite

1820–30, A. Campbell + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

At 19 she was a sophisticated young lady who had been to Nashville, read the works of James Oliver Curwood. and belonged to the fashionable Campbellite Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

He attended Hiram College, a Campbellite institution, kept detailed diaries in which he developed grandiose poetic projects, studied the Bible and Poe, aspired to be both a major prophet and an independent thinker.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said that he had been a minister for eighteen years—nine years in the Methodist Church, and nine years in the Christian or Campbellite Church.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

Only a short time after the events narrated it was arranged that Parson Hall and myself should hold another discussion in the Campbellite chapel.

From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Here we were informed that the Campbellite preachers were heavy on debate; that none of the other sects could stand before them, and that no one dare meet them in public or private discussion.

From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry