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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Derived Forms

• Brownism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Brownist

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

Example Sentences

And't be any way, it must be with valour: for policy I hate; I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

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

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

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

Also, ‘A Dialogue between the Crosse in Cheap and Charing Crosse,’ 1641, which has also a woodcut representing the two crosses, while a Brownist and an Anabaptist converse about their demolition.

From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason

“Why, Cousin Bess,” said I, “you shall be a Brownist in a week or twain.”

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah