Oneida Community
noun
a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
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Words nearby Oneida Community
Oneg Shabbat, one-handed, one-horse, one-horse town, Oneida, Oneida Community, Oneida Lake, One if by land, and two if by sea, O'Neill, O'Neill, Eugene, one in a million
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