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Glassite

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Glass·​ite
variants: or Glasite \ -​ˌsīt \
plural -s

Definition of Glassite

: a member of a Christian sect founded about 1730 and holding that there is no authority in the New Testament for giving the civil magistrate as such any function in the church

— called also Sandemanian

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History and Etymology for Glassite

John Glass (or Glas) †1773 Scottish clergyman who founded the sect + English -ite

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“Glassite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Glassite. Accessed 30 Jun. 2022.

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