Guillelmite
Guillelmite noun: synonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
Noun (1)
Guillelmite (plural Guillelmites)
- Synonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
- Three Companies of Citizens attend the Saint’s triumphal Car. The Children of St. Francis, with the Croſs, in the Habits of religious Warfare, and covered with their Cowls, march at the Head of the Proceſſion; then come the Guilelmites, the Singers, the Canons and Canoneſſes of St. Gertrude: […]1733, [John Lockman], transl., “A Continuation of the Same Subject; Their Processions, Nine-Day Devotions; Their Retirements and Foundations”, in The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various...
- The notice of Sir John Mandeville given by Bishop Bale in his Catalogue of British Writers, first published in 1548, is chiefly based on his own account of himself, but it ends with the matter-of-fact statement that he died at Liége on 17 Nov. 1372, and was buried there in the church of the...1889, George F[rederic] Warner, “Introduction”, in The Buke of John Maundeuill: Being the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight, 1322–1356: A Hitherto Unpublished English Version […], Westminster...
- Synonyms:
- Williamite
Noun (2)
Guillelmite (plural Guillelmites)
- Synonym of Guglielmite.
- Alarmed by these doings, the tribunal of the Inquisition pronounced anathema against the heresy of the Guillelmites and condemned them to the penalties of death, excommunication and the confiscation of their property.1928 October, M. Lahy-Hollebecque, translated by Margaret E. Cousins, “A Woman Messiah in the Middle Ages”, in Annie Besant, editor, The Theosophist: A Magazine of Brotherhood, Oriental Philosophy...
- The introduction of a female element into the deity, and a belief in an imminent new divine revelation, formed the core of the Guillelmites’ faith.2001, Shulamith Shahar, translated by Yael Lotan, “Women in the Early Days of the Poor of Lyons”, in Women in a Medieval Heretical Sect: Agnes and Huguette the Waldensians, Woodbridge, Suffolk...
- Synonyms:
- Guglielmite
Examples of Guillelmite in a sentence
- The Rule of St Augustine had been adopted not only by the canons regular, but also by small eremitical communities such as the Guillelmites, founded before 1157 by St William of Maleval; […]1957, H. Daniel-Rops [pseudonym; Henri Jules Charles Petiot], translated by John Warrington, “The New Leaven”, in Cathedral and Crusade...
- Monastic orders such as the Guillelmites had special chants for their patron, Guillelmus de Malavalle.2001, Revue belge de musicologie, Brussels: Société belge de musicologie, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
- Among the Guillelmites who were arrested, four or five were condemned as recidivists.2023, Raoul Vaneigem, translated by Bill Brown, “The Guillelmites”, in Resistance to Christianity: A Chronological Encyclopaedia of Heresy...
Synonyms of Guillelmite
Forms of Guillelmite
| plural | Guillelmites |
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Origin of Guillelmite
From French guillelmite. By surface analysis, Latin Guillelmus + -ite.
From Latin Guillelmita. By surface analysis, Latin Guillelma + -ite.
Questions about Guillelmite
- What does Guillelmite mean?
- Guillelmite means synonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).
- How do you use Guillelmite in a sentence?
- The Rule of St Augustine had been adopted not only by the canons regular, but also by small eremitical communities such as the Guillelmites, founded before 1157 by St William of Maleval; […]
- What part of speech is Guillelmite?
- Guillelmite is a noun.
- What is the plural of Guillelmite?
- The plural of Guillelmite is Guillelmites.
Words near Guillelmite in the dictionary
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