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SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Society of Friends mean?
• SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (noun)
The noun SOCIETY OF FRIENDS has 1 sense:
1. a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
Familiarity information: SOCIETY OF FRIENDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Quakers; Religious Society of Friends; Society of Friends
Hypernyms ("Society of Friends" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
Meronyms (members of "Society of Friends"):
Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))
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