Clapham Sect

British  

/ ˈklæpəm /

noun

1. a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Clapham Sect

C19: named after Clapham, a district of London

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Clapham Sect

See also the various memoirs of Whitfield, Wesley, &c.; and Sir J. Stephens Essays on "The Clapham Sect" and "The Evangelical Succession."

From Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

The Clapham Sect, amongst whom he had been brought up, was already more than half Whig, in virtue of its attack upon the sacred institution of slavery by means of popular agitation.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

He had, however, wandered pretty widely outside the limits of the Clapham Sect.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

This became the admirable essay on the Clapham Sect.

From Studies in Literature by Morley, John

The young man's father—now happily deceased—had offered an instructive example of social and religious survival—survival, to be explicit, of the once famous Clapham Sect, and that in its least agreeable aspect.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas