Brownist

/ ˈbraʊnɪst /

noun

1. a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists

Derived Forms

• ˈBrownism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brownist¹

C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan

Example Sentences

Again, is the pulpit of the Brownist symbolical; and shall not our font and altar be so at least as much?

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Hereby a clear foundation is laid for the rigid Brownist's confused democracy, and abhorred anarchy.

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It was at a Brownist's house, where we had an extraordinary good table.

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The oldest of the pilgrim fathers was a Peterhouse man, persecuted in England for his Brownist opinions.

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For "the Brownist" read "thinks that Amsterdam is erroneous."

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