Shakerism

[ shey-kuh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shakerism¹

1800–10, Americanism; Shaker + -ism

Example Sentences

Millerism and Shakerism were also near relatives and neighbors.

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It is for no man or woman's happiness or benefit that they should be condemned to Shakerism.

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The curse of Shakerism on the Yakima Reservation is well illustrated in the following.

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In some passages it seems like actual Shakerism, but the prevailing sense is that of intensified conjugality, a la Swedenborg.

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She had supposed he would tell her she would break his heart; instead, he said, calmly, that she hadn't the head for Shakerism.

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