Usually means: Old light; conservative religious faction.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Auld Licht)

▸ noun:  (historical) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

Similar:
Old Light, Auld Kirk, Auld Alliance, Auld Enemy, Lowtherite, Middle Scots, Lollard, eild, Lutheranist, Newchurchman, more...

Opposite:
new light, modern, contemporary

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Similar:
Old Light, Auld Kirk, Auld Alliance, Auld Enemy, Lowtherite, Middle Scots, Lollard, eild, Lutheranist, Newchurchman, more...

Opposite:
new light, modern, contemporary



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