Irvingite
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Irvingite, ėr′ving-īt, n. a popular name for a member of the so-called Catholic Apostolic Church.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
And so in Birmingham; the Irvingite Church, on New Hall Hill, is said to be built on hundreds of tons of refuse shell, which would now be worth from £15 to £20 per ton.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
Some held it was sprung From the Irvingite tongue, The same that is used by a child very young.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
An old fellow called Roberts has taken it; he is a—" "Teach your grandmother," said Dr. Lavendar; "he is an Irvingite.
From The Voice by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
"I must speak to you alone, sir," he said to the Irvingite, who, seeing him approaching, had hastened to open the door for him and draw him in out of the cold sunshine.
From The Voice by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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