English dictionary
hicksite
/'h/I/ks/aI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by Elias <i>Hicks</i>, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.
Source: webster1913