Beaconite
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A supporter of English Quaker 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English beacon.
Origin
English
beacon
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Cognates and derived terms
- aerobeacon English
- beacon English
- beaconage English
- beaconless English
- beaconlike English
- beken Middle English