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Definition of Shakers
1. Noun. A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States.
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Member holonyms: Shaker
Definition of Shakers
1. Noun. (plural of Shaker) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of shaker) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shakers
1. shaker [n] - See also: shaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shakers
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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