Quakerism

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Quaker/ˈkweɪkə(r)/

▶noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement devoted to peaceful principles and rejecting both formal ministry and all set forms of worship.

– derivatives
Quakerish adjective,
Quakerism noun.

– origin from quake + -er1, perh. alluding to the founder's direction to his followers to ‘tremble at the name of the Lord’.

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