English Explanatory Dictionary

Grindletonian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an antinomian religious group in seventeenth-century England, which believed in the primacy of God's spirit over the word of the Bible and questioned the authority of ordination.
adj
  1. Relating to this sect or their beliefs.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡɹɪn.dəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ /ˌɡɹɪn.dəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Word forms

Grindletonian Grindletonians more Grindletonian most Grindletonian

Etymology

From Grindleton + -ian, after Grindleton, Lancashire, where the sect first emerged.

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