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Plymouth Brethren

sectarianism and reject all official ministry or clergy Also called Brethren Christian Brethren Plymouthists etc The Darbyites are a division of

Elder Brethren

Elder Brethren. A name of the Masters of the Trinity House (see

Darbyite

One of the Plymouth Brethren or of a sect among them so called from John

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Dunker

the Quakers called also Tunkers Dunkards Dippers and by themselves Brethren and German Baptists and they call their denomination the Church

Hospitals

either aggregate, in which the master or warden and his brethren have the estate of inheritance; or sole, in which the

Possessio fratris

two sons, A. and B., by different wives, these two brethren were not brethren of the whole-blood, and therefore could never

Hindu

The Persians pronounced this word Hindu and named their Aryan brethren Hindus. The Greeks, who probably gained their first ideas of

Per capita

of whom was an only son, and the other eight brethren; then if the division be per stirpes, the only son

Moravians

Moravians, otherwise called Herrnhutters or United Brethren. A sect of Christians exempted from military service in America

Letter of absolution

resorted to by an abbot for the release of his brethren, in order to qualify them for entering into some other

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