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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the denomination otherwise known as the Disciples of Christ, founded by the Rev. Alexander Campbell. The Campbellites were also called
New Lights . Seedisciple . - noun 2, One of the followers of the Rev. John McLeod Campbell, who, when deposed in 1831 for teaching the universality of the atonement, founded a separate congregation.
- noun [lowercase] A local name of a sunfish, Pomoxys annularis, abundant in the Mississippi. Also called
new-light .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term
Campbellite as a nickname. SeeChristian , 3.
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