Swedenborgian

[ sweed-n-bawr-jee-uhn, -gee- ]

/ ˌswid nˈbɔr dʒi ən, -gi- /

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adjective

of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.

noun

a believer in the religious doctrines of Swedenborg.

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Origin of Swedenborgian

First recorded in 1795–1805; Swedenborg + -ian

OTHER WORDS FROM Swedenborgian

Swe·den·bor·gi·an·ism, Swe·den·borg·ism, noun

Words nearby Swedenborgian

sweaty, Swed., Swede, Sweden, Swedenborg, Swedenborgian, Swedenborgianism, swedger, Swedish, Swedish ivy, Swedish massage

How to use Swedenborgian in a sentence

Mr. Webster was a member of the New or Swedenborgian Church, and held to that faith very strongly.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886|Various
Mr. Hiram Power, the American sculptor, p. 254is a zealous missionary of the Swedenborgian faith.
The Religious Life of London|J. Ewing Ritchie
He had been a Swedenborgian, and at times had officiated as a preacher in England before he came to the States.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead|C. G. Helleberg
I should love to be a sort of Swedenborgian with all sorts of fanciful private beliefs.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie

It was in connection with the Swedenborgian Society that a taste for music was first aroused in me.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie|Andrew Carnegie