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SHAKERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Shakers mean?
• SHAKERS (noun)
The noun SHAKERS has 1 sense:
1. a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
Familiarity information: SHAKERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Shakers; United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
Hypernyms ("Shakers" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
Meronyms (members of "Shakers"):
Shaker (a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world)
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