darbyite
/ˈdɑːbiaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of the Exclusive Brethren.
adj
Pertaining to Darbyism.
Example Sentences
- "The Darbyite quietly assumes that Christ is not ashamed to call his party brethren, and that He would be thoroughly ashamed to apply the name to any one else."
- "The "sad step," Mr. Howard states, was that of belonging to a "gathering" at Peckham, whose members had all been turned out from the fold of the Brethren by the act of a small clique of leading Darbyites."
- "The Darbyites argued against the war on national, cultural, grounds and the Cobdenites on international and civilizational."
- "Government restrictions imposed on the independent churches of Germany during the Nazi régime led to a forced union of Darbyite, Baptist and independent Brethren churches in a Bund, together with some other minor groups."
- "In typical Darbyite fashion, Franson preached that a pretribulationist secret rapture would precede the appearance of the personal Antichrist."
- "The "conservatives,", those who accept neither the "higher criticism" of the Bible nor the Darbyite doctrine, are ignored completely."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɑːbiaɪt/