Grindletonianism
English
editEtymology
editFrom Grindletonian + -ism.
Noun
editGrindletonianism (uncountable)
- (historical) The antinomian beliefs and practice of the Grindletonians, who flourished in England during the seventeenth century.
- 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 62:
- Grindletonianism is the only English sect which takes its name from a place rather than a person or set of beliefs, and there is significance in this.
- 2012, William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity, page 143:
- Brerley's congregation constituted the heart of Grindletonianism, and it is likely that many of the tenets of the group emerged from various factions in the congregation.