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Wilburite
[
wil
-b
uh
-rahyt ]
SHOW IPA
/ ˈwɪl bəˌraɪt /
PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a member of a conservative body of Quakers formed in 1845 in protest against the evangelicalism of the Gurneyites.
Origin of Wilburite
1860–65,
Americanism
; after John
Wilbur
(1774–1856), American Quaker preacher; see
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