Christadelphian

British  

/ ˌkrɪstəˈdɛlfɪən /

noun

1. a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead

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adjective

1. of or relating to this body or its beliefs and practices

Etymology

Origin of Christadelphian

C19: from Late Greek khristadelphos, from khristos _Christ + adelphos brother

Example Sentences

She recalled the Christadelphian family who sponsored her and whose only son had died.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2017

His parents are members of the fundamentalist Christadelphian sect, and he grew up in Nottingham in a strictly regulated household where Christmas was not celebrated – he got no presents – and TV was forbidden.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013

Australia, the Christadelphian Church ran an ad in the Courier Mail: "A vital address on the possibility of obtaining Immorality will be given by Mr. A. C. Mogg."

From Time Magazine Archive

A monthly magazine, The Christadelphian, is published in Birmingham.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

There are published there the Christadelphian Shield, the Biblical Newspaper, and the Ambassador, monthly periodicals, and other publications more expensive, and aiming to be standard works.

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)