Definitions for Hicksite

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Hicksite Hicks·ite

Spelling: [hik-sahyt]

IPA: /ˈhɪk saɪt/

Hicksite is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in Hicksite (cehiikst).

Definitions for Hicksite

noun

1. a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.

Origin of Hicksite

1825-35, Americanism; after Elias Hicks (1748-1830), American Quaker preacher; see -ite¹

Examples for Hicksite

My ancestors were Quakers, and my grandfather a Hicksite Quaker.

I incline to think you right in supposing a connection between the Paine excitement and the Hicksite movement.