Irvingite
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His father was a merchant captain, and his mother a zealous Irvingite.
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
He’s the very moral of a new Irvingite preacher.”
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
"Surely it is," said Henry Roberts, meekly; after which there was nothing for the caller to do but offer the Irvingite a copy of the American Messenger and take his departure.
From The Voice by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
Adam Hood Burwell is the man, An English Churchman he began, But ended a most shining light, A mystic, full-fledged Irvingite, With pinions rustling for a sphere Of usefulness he found not here.
From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by Lett, William Pittman
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 Sidney, Samuel
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