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

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

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

When Elizabeth died in 1603, the Brownist Puritans or Separatists were well established in Holland; they had been there twenty years.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

"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

This man was a zealous Puritan, or rather a Brownist, a small sect, which afterwards increased, and received the name of "Independents."

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by Hume, David