Brownist
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of Brownist
C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan
Example Sentences
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That is what the Brownist Puritans, the precursors of the Plymouth Pilgrims, left England to secure.
From Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" by Curtis, George William
He would wish, though he be a Brownist, no neighbour of his should pay his tithes duly, if such suits held continual plea at Westminster.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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
“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
Crop the Brownist: he that the ballad was made on.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
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