MUGGLETONIANS
\mˌʌɡə͡ltˈə͡ʊni͡ənz], \mˌʌɡəltˈəʊniənz], \m_ˌʌ_ɡ_əl_t_ˈəʊ_n_iə_n_z]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
In Eng. Hist., the followers of one Muggleton, a tailor, who, in the seventeenth century, asserted that he and his associate, Reeves, were the two last and greatest prophets of Jesus Christ. A few of their adherents still remain. They were opposed chiefly by the Quakers Fox and Penn.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Nearby Words
- mugginess
- mugging
- muggins
- muggish
- muggletonian
- Muggletonians
- muggletonlans
- muggur
- muggy
- muggy, muggish
- mugho pine