English Explanatory Dictionary

Barclayite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of Berean (“member of 18th-century Scottish Protestant sect”).

Word forms

Barclayite Barclayites

Etymology

From Barclay + -ite, after their leader, former Scottish Presbyterian minister John Barclay (1734-1798).

Synonyms

Berean
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