Irvingite
Americannoun
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Mr. Brock's informant, I hear, was a Rev. Marc De Joux, who afterwards became an Irvingite, left Guernsey, and went to the Mauritius, where it is believed he still resides.
From Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
He’s the very moral of a new Irvingite preacher.”
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
This kind of story is so persistent that I knew it must have been told in connection with the Irvingite movement in Scotland.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew
Because he was an Irvingite, his university,—he was a son of Oxford,—so it is commonly said, would give him no position whereby he might gain his living.
From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford
As, however, he had taken the sacramental “sealing” from Irvingite apostles, the court regarded this as proof of his having joined the party and so deposed him.126 11.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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