Irvingite
Americannoun
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Some held it was sprung From the Irvingite tongue, The same that is used by a child very young.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
Against this process the Irvingite or Catholic Church is a living protest.
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
"No," he said, "he may be an Irvingite, but he isn't a donkey."
From The Voice by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Perryville's small manufacturing bustle repelled the silent old man whom Dr. Lavendar called an "Irvingite"; and Old Chester's dignity and dull aloofness repelled young Philippa.
From The Voice by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Adam Hood Burwell is the man, An English Churchman he began, But ended a most shining light, A mystic, full-fledged Irvingite, With pinions rustling for a sphere Of usefulness he found not here.
From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by William Pittman Lett
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