Abrahamite

English

Etymology

From Abraham +‎ -ite.

Noun

Abrahamite (plural Abrahamites)

  2. (historical) A member of a sect of deists in Bohemia in the 18th century, professing to be followers of the pre-circumcised Abraham.
  3. (historical) A member of a ninth-century group of Syrian monks who were exterminated by the iconoclastic emperor Theophilus.

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