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Darbyite

UK/ˈdɑːbiaɪt/

Darbyite noun: a member of the Exclusive Brethren.

Noun

Darbyite (plural Darbyites)

  1. A member of the Exclusive Brethren.
    • The Darbyite quietly assumes that Christ is not ashamed to call his party brethren, and that He would be thoroughly ashamed to apply the name to any one else.1873, The United Presbyterian magazine, page 501
    • The "sad step," Mr. Howard states, was that of belonging to a "gathering" at Peckham, whose members had all been turned out from the fold of the Brethren by the act of a small clique of leading Darbyites.1875, James Grant, The Plymouth Brethren: Their History and Heresies, page 89

Adjective

Darbyite (comparative more Darbyite, superlative most Darbyite)

  1. Pertaining to Darbyism.
    • Government restrictions imposed on the independent churches of Germany during the Nazi régime led to a forced union of Darbyite, Baptist and independent Brethren churches in a Bund, together with some other minor groups.1968, Frederick Roy Coad, A History of the Brethren Movement
    • In typical Darbyite fashion, Franson preached that a pretribulationist secret rapture would precede the appearance of the personal Antichrist.1987, Fides Et Historia

Examples of Darbyite in a sentence

  • The Darbyites argued against the war on national, cultural, grounds and the Cobdenites on international and civilizational.2011, Jozef Bátora, Monika Mokre, Culture and External Relations: Europe and Beyond, page 30:
  • The "conservatives,", those who accept neither the "higher criticism" of the Bible nor the Darbyite doctrine, are ignored completely.2016, Tim LaHaye, Who Will Face the Tribulation?::

Forms of Darbyite

Noun
pluralDarbyites
Adjective
comparativemore Darbyite
superlativemost Darbyite

Origin of Darbyite

From Darby + -ite, after John Darby (evangelist) (1800-1882).

Questions about Darbyite

What does Darbyite mean?
Darbyite means a member of the Exclusive Brethren.
How do you use Darbyite in a sentence?
The Darbyites argued against the war on national, cultural, grounds and the Cobdenites on international and civilizational.
What part of speech is Darbyite?
Darbyite can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Darbyite?
Darbyite is pronounced /ˈdɑːbiaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of Darbyite?
The plural of Darbyite is Darbyites.

Words near Darbyite in the dictionary

  1. darby
  2. Darby and Joan
  3. Darbyism
  4. Darbyist
  5. Darbyists
  6. Darbyite
  7. Darbyites
  8. Darbys
  9. Darbys Fall
  10. Darbyshire
  11. DARC

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