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- noun Plural form of
Glassite .
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Examples
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The members of the sect are called Glassites in Scotland, where the Rev. John Glass labored.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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In 1764 Sandeman went to America to propagate his views, and founded some congregations there, for which reason the Glassites in America, like those in England, are known as
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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An English form of the Scottish sect of Glassites, followers of John
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Original Seceders and Cameronians, Burghers and Anti-Burghers -- there were days when he would include the Glassites, -- with unfaltering step; but this was considered a feat even in Drumtochty, and it was admitted that Jamie had "a gift o 'discreemination."
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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There's some in the McGlashanites, and some in the Glassites, and mony in the
St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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England and in this country, it having originated with his father-in - law, John Glas, the sect being called either Glassites or Sandemanians, the former being given the preference in Scotland and England.
The Woman's Bible Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1858
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