Campbellite
Americannoun
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
Example Sentences
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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
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 had ridden the country in the Campbellite faith, bringing hundreds into the fold, with a voice as big as a bull’s, and a long beard, which he wore buttoned under his vest in winter.
From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
He had been a New Light, or Campbellite preacher.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry
"You were rather awkward, Brother Fitzgerald, in immersing those persons," said my stalwart friend, Elder John McCorkle, of the "Christian" or Campbellite Church, who had critically but not unkindly watched the proceedings from the bridge.
From California Sketches, Second Series by Fitzgerald, O. P.
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