Primitive Friend

American  

[prim-i-tiv frend] / ˈprɪm ɪ tɪv ˈfrɛnd /

noun

1. a member of Friends in Christ, a sect of ultraconservative Quakers, mostly in the United Kingdom.

   When remotely located Primitive Friends write to ask where their nearest meeting is, we answer, “At thy house!”

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Etymology

Origin of Primitive Friend

First recorded in 1860–65