Second Adventist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Second Adventist
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Here two Second Adventist preachers, a Mr. Chapman and his wife, were holding forth.
From Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler by Boggs, John, Elder
He had been, by successive seizures, a Seventh Day Baptist, a Second Adventist, a Millerite, a Regular, and was now the most energetic of Come-Outers.
From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
She is a tall spindlin' woman, a Second Adventist by perswasion, and weighs about ninety-nine pounds.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 3 by Holley, Marietta
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