Plymouth Brethren

American  

plural noun

singular

Plymouth Brother

1. a loosely organized body of Christians founded in Plymouth, England, about 1830, having no ordained ministry, no formal creed or ritual, and accepting the Bible as the only guide.

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Plymouth Brethren British  

plural noun

1. a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry

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Etymology

Origin of Plymouth Brethren

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

The Massachusetts colonists now began to feel that the danger was indeed imminent, and that their Plymouth brethren had more cause for complaint than they had supposed.

From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)