English Explanatory Dictionary

Guglielmite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A follower of the Italian noblewoman Guglielma of Bohemia (1210–1281), who practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate.

Word forms

Guglielmite Guglielmites

Etymology

From Italian guglielmita. By surface analysis, Italian Guglielma + -ite.

Synonyms

Guillelmite
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