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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of a sect founded in England by Ludowick Muggleton and John Reeve about 1651.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A member of a small Protestant Christian sect most prominent in 17th and 18th century England.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers.

Etymologies

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For Lodowicke Muggleton, English sectarian.

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