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SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Society of Friends mean? 

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (noun)
  The noun SOCIETY OF FRIENDS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakersplay

  Familiarity information: SOCIETY OF FRIENDS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Quakers; Religious Society of Friends; Society of Friends

Hypernyms ("Society of Friends" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Society of Friends"):

Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))


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