Old Light
Old Light proper noun: a relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially (historical) the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state, the position maintained by the first seceders in 1733.
Proper noun
Old Light
- A relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially (historical) the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state, the position maintained by the first seceders in 1733.
- Because many of the New Light Baptist churches were not recognized by the Old Light Baptists, these endorsements were often impossible to obtain.2012, Michael I. Meyerson, Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America, Yale University Press, →ISBN
Noun
Old Light (plural Old Lights)
- A member of such a religious movement.
Forms of Old Light
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Questions about Old Light
- What does Old Light mean?
- Old Light means a relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially (historical) the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state, the position maintained by the first seceders in 1733.
- What part of speech is Old Light?
- Old Light can be a proper noun or a noun.
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