Brownist

British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Brownism noun

Etymology

Origin of Brownist

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

Example Sentences

Lucifer's Lacky: the true character of a dissembling Brownist, 1641.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

The Puritans were psalm-singers ever; and in Holland the Brownist division of the church came under strong influences from Geneva and Wittenberg, the birth-places of psalm-singing, that made them doubly fond of "worship in song."

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

‘Come, Master,’ he said to the Brownist, ‘you dance round the maypole?’

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

Mr. Masson also has something to say about everybody, from Wentworth to the obscurest Brownist fanatic who was so much as heard of in England during Milton's lifetime.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell

"I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician," said the folly of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the wisdom of Shakespeare.

From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir