Definition of Shakers

1. Noun. A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States.


Definition of Shakers

1. Noun. (plural of Shaker) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of shaker) ¹

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Definition of Shakers

1. shaker [n] - See also: shaker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shakers

Shahrivar
Shahzadah
Shaiva
Shaivas
Shaivism
Shaivist
Shaivists
Shaivite
Shaivites
Shak
Shaker
Shakeress
Shakeresses
Shakerism
Shakerisms
Shakers (current term)
Shakespeare
Shakespearean
Shakespearean sonnet
Shakespearean sonnets
Shakespeareana
Shakespeareanism
Shakespeareans
Shakespearian
Shakespeariana
Shakespearianism
Shakha
Shakhas
Shakspeare
Shakspere

Literary usage of Shakers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley: Of by George Brinley, James Hammond Trumbull (1886)
"8° TH-E UNITED SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS, CALLED Shakers. 6399 -^ Brief Exposition of the established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1904)
"The society of Shakers. Rise, progress, and extinction of the society at ... Report of the trustees of the United Society of Shakers in the town of New ..."

3. A Bibliography of Shaker Literature: With an Introductory Study of the by John Patterson MacLean (1905)
"Reasons offered for leaving the Shakers. Pittsfield, Mass., 18oo. S. 5o5. . (Valentine). A brief account of a religious scheme taught and propagated by a ..."

4. The Rise and Progress of the Serpent from the Garden of Eden, to the Present by Mary M. Dyer (1847)
"CONDUCT OF THE Shakers IN MASSACHUSETTS. The following testimonies exhibit ... When the Shakers let him loose, he ran away. His mother told him to go back, ..."

5. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"Inquirer has only a little general knowledge of the Shakers by report—Origin of the Shakers ; extract from their writings—Some account of Mother Ann ..."

6. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"Inquirer has only a little general knowledge of the Shakers by report—Origin of the Shakers ; extract from their writings—Some account of Mother Ann ..."

7. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"Inquirer has only a little general knowledge of the Shakers by report—Origin of the Shakers ; extract from their writings—Some account of Mother Ann ..."

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