- the Plymouth Brethren
- UK [ˌplɪməθ ˈbreðrən] / US
a Protestant group started in the UK around 1830 that has no priests and believes that the Bible should be followed very strictly
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the Plymouth Brethren
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(the) Plymouth Brethren — the Plymouth Brethren UK [ˌplɪməθ ˈbreðrən] US a Protestant group started in the UK around 1830 that has no priests and believes that the Bible should be followed very strictly http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/plymouth brethren… … Useful english dictionary
Plymouth Brethren — The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s.[1][2] Although the group is notable for not taking any official church name to itself, and not having an… … Wikipedia
Plymouth Brethren — a loosely organized body of Christians founded in Plymouth, England, about 1830, having no ordained ministry, no formal creed or ritual, and accepting the Bible as the only guide. [1835 45] * * * ▪ religious community community of… … Universalium
Plymouth Brethren — Plym outh Breth ren The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Robert Chapman (Plymouth Brethren) — Infobox Person name = Robert Cleaver Chapman image size = 200px birth date = April 1, 1803 birth place = Helsingor, Denmark death date = December 6, 1902 death place = Barnstaple, EnglandRobert Cleaver Chapman, (1 April 1803 6 December 1902)… … Wikipedia
Plymouth Brethren — The group founded in England by John Nelson darby … Who’s Who in Christianity
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN — one of the most influential NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS to emerge in the nineteenth century; founded by John Nelson Darby (1800 1882) in 1830. The Brethren split into a number of different groups including the extremist EXCLUSIVE BRETHREN and… … Concise dictionary of Religion
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN — an anti clerical body of Christians, one of the earliest communities of which was formed in Plymouth about 1830; they accept, along with Pre Millenarian views, generally the Calvinistic view of the Christian religion, and exclude all… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Plymouth Brethren — /plɪməθ ˈbrɛðrən/ (say plimuhth bredhruhn) plural noun a Christian denomination which originated in the 1820s in the UK in Plymouth, Bristol, and Dublin, based on a conservative and puritanical theology, but having no formal creed and no order of …
Brethren — The Brethren are a number of Protestant Christian religious bodies using the word brethren in their names. In some cases these similarities of name reflect roots in the same early Brethren groups, and in others the adoption of Brethren as part of … Wikipedia
