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Webster 1913 Edition

Labadist

Lab′a-dist

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Jean de
Labadie
, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.

Webster 1828 Edition

Labadist

LAB'ADIST

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Noun.
the Labadists were followers of Jean de Labadie, who lived in the 17th century. They held that God can and does deceive men, that the observance of the sabbath is a matter of indifference, and other peculiar or heretical opinions.

Definition 2024

Labadist

Labadist

English

Noun

Labadist ‎(plural Labadists)

  1. (historical) A member of a 17th-century Protestant religious community movement founded by Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), a French pietist.

Etymology

Labadie +‎ -ist

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