darbyism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Christian doctrine formed by John Nelson Darby (1800-1892) and followed by the Exclusive Brethren, which includes a two-stage return of Christ, pretribulation rapture, and seven time periods, called dispensations.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "While however powerless for good, we regret to say it is not so for evil. Although feeble and emasculate, as a Church, to do any service to the cause of the Gospel, Darbyism can, in a certain degree, damage and hinder the Churches that do."
- "Those who discern the signs of the times, will not be slow to perceive that Darbyism is but another form of the high-church ritualistic movement of the day, rising among those called “brethren,” which, though less gross and less outward than much which bears that name elsewhere, is not the less real."
- "The effect of Darbyism upon family life is perhaps its most awful feature."
- "One of the major strains of American conservatism that has laid claim to one of the two major political parties in the United States is a theological and political ideology known as Darbyism (dispensationalism)."