Old Light

English Proper noun Old Light en Christianity A relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially en historical the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state, the position maintained by the first seceders in 1733. en 2012 Michael I. Meyerson Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America Yale University Press 9780300183498 Because many of the New Light Baptist churches were not recognized by the Old Light Baptists, these endorsements were often impossible to obtain. Coordinate terms en New Light Derived terms en Old Lighter Noun Old Light A member of such a religious movement.