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Grindletonian
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English
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Etymology
From en Grindleton ian, after Grindleton, Lancashire, where the sect first emerged.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɡɹɪn.dəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ RP
en /ˌɡɹɪn.dəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ GA
en əʊniən 5
Noun
A member of an antinomian religious group in seventeenth-century England, which believed in the primacy of God's spirit over the word of the Bible and questioned the authority of ordination.
Adjective
Relating to this sect or their beliefs.
en 1972 Christopher Hill (historian) Christopher Hill The World Turned Upside Down Folio Society 2016 63 Governor Winthrop attributed the heresies of Mistress Anne Hutchinson to Grindletonian doctrines.
Derived terms
en Grindletonianism