Simeonite

[ sim-ee-uh-nahyt ]

noun

1. a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.

Other Words From

• Sime·on·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Simeonite¹

< Late Latin Simeonītae (plural). See Simeon, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

For she knew now what she was over and above being a St. Simeonite, having asked Aunt Cordelia.

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The presentation was in the hands of the Simeonite Trustees, so that the vicar was of the theological school—if that can be called a school where nothing is taught—called Evangelical.

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Canon Butler was an evangelical clergyman of the Simeonite type, which flourished so intensely before and during the development of the High Church revival.

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There his faith in the efficacy of infant baptism was shaken, and presently falling, brought down about his ears the whole fabric of Simeonite Christianity in which he had so assiduously been trained.

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Lord Beaconsfield lived to witness that great transformation in the Church of the High and Dry Pluralists and the Simeonite parsons, which he had himself so powerfully organised in Parliament, in society, and on the platform.

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