Quakerism

[ kwey-kuh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Quakerism¹

First recorded in 1650–60; Quaker + -ism

Example Sentences

In the early days of local Quakerism, the country rather than the town was its favourite situation.

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He also contends that “the new turn such ingenuous men as Mr. Penn” had given to Quakerism, had made of it “quite a new thing.”

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Then the old couple that he called Father and Mother became converts to Quakerism.

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My mother laughingly said she was afraid Mrs. Fry would convert me—surely not to Quakerism.

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So much for the form of the central principle of Early Quakerism, so far as it can be expressed logically.

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