Beaconite

noun

Etymology

From beacon + -ite.

  1. derived from *bʰeh₂u-
  2. inherited from *baukną
  3. inherited from *baukn
  4. inherited from bēacn
  5. inherited from beken
  6. suffixed as beaconite — “beacon + ite

Definitions

  1. A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of…

    A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of Friends, which claimed that too much emphasis was placed by Quakers on the Inner Light at the expense of Biblical authority.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA