Irvingite
Americannoun
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"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
This kind of story is so persistent that I knew it must have been told in connection with the Irvingite movement in Scotland.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew
Perryville's small manufacturing bustle repelled the silent old man whom Dr. Lavendar called an "Irvingite"; and Old Chester's dignity and dull aloofness repelled young Philippa.
From The Voice by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
His father was a merchant captain, and his mother a zealous Irvingite.
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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
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