quakers

English - Turkish

Definition of quakers in English Turkish dictionary: Quaker mezhebine mensup olanlar
quakers' meeting: sessiz toplantı
Quaker: {i} bir Protestan tarikatı üyesi, Kuveykır
Quaker: {i} bubi tuzağı
Quaker: {i} siyah albatros

English - English

Definition of quakers in English English dictionary: The Religious Society of Friends; plural form of Quaker; {i} Society of Friends, Religious Society of Friends, Christian sect founded in England around 1660 by George Fox having no formal sacraments or priesthood and opposing violence (the basic belief of the Society of Friends is that divine revelation is instantaneous and individual); plural of Quaker; Term applied to unripe, blighted, or underdeveloped coffee beans; Protestant denomination started by George Fox who believed that a person should be guided by the Holy Spirit in silent meditation; A religious sect that first emerged in the midlands of England as the Children of the Light They spread into the north of England where they gained many adherents, and from there to the south and abroad; a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers; The real name was "The Society of Friends" It was a Christian group founded in England in the mid- 17th century Quakers believe that each individual is directly responsible to God, so they have no priests or pastors and no religious ceremonies They do not even have a church Instead they have a "meeting house" where every person meets to worship God in his own way and in silence
Quaker: A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views
quaker: {n} one of the sect of friends
Quaker: A Quaker is a person who belongs to a Christian group called the Society of Friends. a member of the Society of Friends, a Christian religious group that meets without any formal ceremony or priests and that is opposed to violence
Quaker: {i} member of the Society of Friends (Protestant Christian sect)
quaker: n Christian denomination founded in England c 1650 by George Fox They have no formal creed, rites,liturgy, or priesthoood, and reject violence in human relations, including war
quaker: The informal name for the Society of Friends faith group
quaker: a member of the Society of Friends
quaker: Any grasshopper or locust of the genus Edipoda; so called from the quaking noise made during flight
quaker: A person who followed the teachings of the Society of Friends
quaker: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
quaker: See Friend, n
quaker: The sooty albatross
quaker: One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, the members of which call themselves Friends
quaker: a member of the Society of Friends, formed in England in 1648 Early restrictions brought them to New Jersey in 1675 and some 230 English Quakers founded Burlington, NJ in 1678 William Penn was granted the territory of Pennsylvania in 1681 and within two years there were about 3000 Quakers living there
quaker: The nankeen bird
quaker: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
quaker: One who quakes
quaker: They were called Quakers, originally, in derision