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Behmenists

Behmenists is the plural of Behmenist.

Meaning of Behmenist

Noun

Behmenist (plural Behmenists)

  1. A supporter or adherent of the ideas of Jakob Böhme.
    • Between 1644 and 1662 the whole of the writings of the German mystic Jacob Boehme were translated into English, and the sect of ‘Behmenists’ was picked up by Richard Baxter as one of the significant religious groups of the Interregnum period.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 360

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What is Behmenists the plural of?
Behmenists is the plural of Behmenist.

Words near Behmenists in the dictionary

  1. Behlings
  2. Behls
  3. Behm
  4. Behmenism
  5. Behmenist
  6. Behmenists
  7. Behms
  8. Behn
  9. Behner
  10. Behnian
  11. Behnke

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