Plymouth Brethren

American  

plural noun

singular

Plymouth Brother

1. a loosely organized body of Christians founded in Plymouth, England, about 1830, having no ordained ministry, no formal creed or ritual, and accepting the Bible as the only guide.

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Plymouth Brethren British  

plural noun

1. a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry

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Etymology

Origin of Plymouth Brethren

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Hummel said in an interview with Salon that the ideas driving this religious view of the war actually date back to the 1830s in Britain, and a disaffected Anglican priest who founded the Plymouth Brethren, a small Christian sect that continues to the modern day.

From Salon

Dolafon Gospel Hall Trust, part of Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, is renovating the chapel for use as a meeting place.

From BBC

Mr. Wallis, now 74, was raised in what he described as a “very evangelical” family in Detroit, where his parents were lay leaders in a Plymouth Brethren church.

From New York Times

A religious group - the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church - has put 30 trade bins in five locations across the city centre which will be filled, then removed by its volunteers.

From BBC

The OneSchool Global network, which was established by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, is behind the proposal.

From BBC