Concept cluster: History > Sect or denomination
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Of or relating to the Agapemone religious sect.
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Alternative form of ante-Nicene [(Christianity, historical) Of or relating to those early Christians who lived before the council of Nicea in 325 AD.]
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Of or relating to the Arica School, a cosmic consciousness-raising group founded in 1968 by Bolivian-born philosopher Oscar Ichazo.
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Of or relating to Antonin Artaud (1896–1948), French dramatist and writer, a major figure in twentieth-century theatre and the European avant-garde.
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A supporter of Baianism.
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A follower of Balzac, or an author who writes in his style.
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A follower of Bardaisan; Bardesanist.
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A member of a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century.
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(Christianity, historical) Of or relating to Bonosus of Sardica, a bishop of Sardica in the latter part of the fourth century, who taught against the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary.
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(historical) Of or relating to Antoinette Bourignon (1616-80), a religious visionary who believed religion should consist of inward emotion rather than knowledge or practice.
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Alternative form of Brunonianism (“Brunonian system of medicine”) [(historical) The Brunonian system of medicine.]
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John Bunyan, English preacher and writer.
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Of or relating to John Calvin (1509–1564), French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
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Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
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Of or pertaining to Catherine the Great (Catherine II, Empress of Russia).
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Alternative form of Clausewitzian [Adhering to or described by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz.]
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Of or relating to Confucianism.
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Of or relating to Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the English Reformation.
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Of or relating to Cuthbert (c. 634 – 687), a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.
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A daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.
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Alternative form of Danteist [A scholar of the poet Dante Alighieri.]
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Alternative form of Decembrist [According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.]
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Of or pertaining to Diogenes.
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Of or pertaining to Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005), American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography.
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Of or relating to Johann Eck (1486–1543), German Scholastic theologian and defender of Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation.
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A dialogue ascribed variously to Plato, his disciple–editor Philip of Opus, and to an unknown forger, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to the former’s Laws.
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(theology, historical) Of or relating to Thomas Erastus (1524–1583), Swiss physician and theologian, or his doctrines, associated with the idea that the State should have supremacy in ecclesiastical matters.
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Of or relating to Eusebius of Nicomedia (died 341), bishop of Berytus (modern-day Beirut) in Phoenicia.
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Of or relating to Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), American Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist associated with the Moral Majority.
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(Christianity, historical) A Gnesio-Lutheran.
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Alternative form of Foucauldianism [Foucauldian philosophy]
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Pertaining to, or associated with, the regime and policies of Francisco Franco in Spain (1939–75).
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Of or pertaining to Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), English anthropologist and occultist who brought Wicca to public attention.
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A supporter of Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), Jamaican journalist and racial campaigner.
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A supporter of Genevanism.
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(historical) A member of the Ancient Noble Order of the Gormogons, a short-lived 18th-century society founded by expelled Freemason Philip Wharton.
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A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
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Disastrous indecisiveness.
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(obsolete) heathendom
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The old Germanic (Norse, Anglo-Saxon, etc.) religion(s).
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A follower and practitioner of Hellenic religion (aka Hellenism, Olympianism etc.)
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(Christianity, historical) Of or relating to Helvidius, the author of a work written prior to 383 against the belief in the perpetual virginity of Mary.
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of or relating to 12th century heresiarch Henry of Lausanne and his heretical doctrines
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A disciple of Hermogenes.
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Relating to, or supporting, Hildebrandism.
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Alternative form of Hobbism [Hobbesianism; the philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, support for this system]
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(archaic) Hobbesian
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(philosophy) Alternative form of Humeanism [(philosophy) Humean philosophy]
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Pertaining to, or invented by, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer of the 17th century.
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Objects, materials, or documents relating to the Jacobites.
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Alternative form of Janeiteism [The love or worship of the works of Jane Austen.]
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Jean Jaurès, a French socialist around 1900.
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One of the Russian followers of hegumen Joseph Volotsky, who advocated the church's ownership of land, social activity and charity.
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Of or relating to John Knox (c. 1514–1572), Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation, considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
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Alternative form of Leibnizianism [Leibnizian beliefs.]
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Reminiscent of Vladimir Lenin.
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(politics, historical) A supporter of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the first prime minister of Congo after its independence in 1960 from Belgium.
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A person of Lurianic beliefs and practices.
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A follower of Mahan's ideas.
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A follower of Maimonides.
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(historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
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Synonym of Marcionite
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Of or pertaining to Marcionism.
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Of or relating to Marcionism or the Marcionites.
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Of, or pertaining to, the Marcosians.
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Alternative form of Marcusean [A supporter of the ideas of Herbert Marcuse.]
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a follower of the Milesian school of philosophy founded by Thales
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Relating to or characteristic of Montanism.
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Relating to or characteristic of Montanism.
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Of or relating to Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673–1716), French Roman Catholic priest and confessor.
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(usually admiringly derogatory) A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability.
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Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council.
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Of or relating to the Nicene Creed, when believed to have been adopted at the Second Ecumenical Council held in Constantinople in 381 as a modification of the original Nicene Creed of 325.
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Alternative form of Nicolaitism [(historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage.]
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Pertaining to Odin or Odinism.
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Heathenry, Germanic neopaganism, especially a variety devoted to the Norse pantheon.
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Of or relating to Origen, an ancient scholar, early Christian theologian and Church Father.
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Alternative form of orthodoxian [A person who follows orthodox beliefs.]
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A member of this movement
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The theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
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A supporter of Pan-Africanism.
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Alternative form of Pan-Anglican [Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England.]
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A follower of Pompey
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A prosodist.
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Of or relating to King Richard III.
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Slavic paganism and neopaganism.
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One who follows the philosophical system of Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855).
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Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.
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Alternative spelling of Shakespeareanism [(uncountable, paleologism) The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare.]
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(historical) One of the followers of Simon Magus.
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Obsolete form of stoic. [(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.]
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Themistius Euphrades (AD 317–388), Roman statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher
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Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
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Of or pertaining to John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism.
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Of or relating to Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947), British evangelist.
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Alternative form of Wittgensteinian [One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.]
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Alternative spelling of Zenonism [The philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.]
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A follower of any of various people named Zeno.
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Of or pertaining to Zenonism.
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A follower of Zurvanism.

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