Oxford Group

American  

noun

1. an organization founded at Oxford University in 1921 by Frank Buchman, advocating absolute morality in public and private life.

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Oxford Group British  

noun

1. an early name for Moral Rearmament

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Example Sentences

His mother retired as an administrative assistant at the Oxford Group, a real estate appraisal company in New York.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2018

It was not until 1921 that he hit his stride by forming the Oxford Group at England's Oxford University.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence many a Protestant, conscious of the unhappy shortcomings of his church, gives his support to the happy shortcuts of the Oxford Group, rather than hinder something which may do some good.

From Time Magazine Archive

For some reason, the Old World has so far been kinder than the New to the cultists of the Oxford Group.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, at 98, Houck is the only living person to have attended Oxford Group meetings with Wilson, who died in 1971.

From Time Magazine Archive