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Hickite

Hickite is the alternative form of Hicksite.

Meaning of Hicksite

Noun

Hicksite (plural Hicksites)

  1. (US, historical) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Quakers in 1827.

Forms of Hickite

pluralHickites

Questions about Hickite

What is Hickite the alternative form of?
Hickite is the alternative form of Hicksite.

Words near Hickite in the dictionary

  1. Hickin
  2. Hickinbottom
  3. hicking
  4. hickish
  5. Hickism
  6. Hickite
  7. Hickites
  8. Hickle
  9. Hickles
  10. Hickleton
  11. hicklib

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