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Bedwardism

Bedwardism noun: the Jamaica Native Baptist Free Church, a religious movement of Jamaica based on Christianity, and according to which Augustown in Jamaica corresponds to Jerusalem for the Western world.

Noun

Bedwardism (uncountable)

  1. The Jamaica Native Baptist Free Church, a religious movement of Jamaica based on Christianity, and according to which Augustown in Jamaica corresponds to Jerusalem for the Western world.

Origin of Bedwardism

From Bedward + -ism, named after its prophet Alexander Bedward (1859–1930).

Questions about Bedwardism

What does Bedwardism mean?
Bedwardism means the Jamaica Native Baptist Free Church, a religious movement of Jamaica based on Christianity, and according to which Augustown in Jamaica corresponds to Jerusalem for the Western world.
What part of speech is Bedwardism?
Bedwardism is a noun.

Words near Bedwardism in the dictionary

  1. bedutch
  2. bedutched
  3. bedutches
  4. bedutching
  5. bedward
  6. Bedwardism
  7. Bedwardite
  8. Bedwardites
  9. bedwards
  10. bedwarf
  11. bedwarfed

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