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: the religious beliefs or practices of the Friends
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Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
The village’s Meeting House, founded in 1688 and the resting place of writer and theologian William Penn, sits nearby, and during Oliver Cromwell’s rule the estate reportedly offered sanctuary to persecuted Quakers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Multiple religious groups have sued the Trump administration over the policy change, including Quakers, Jewish congregations and Mennonites.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
When Quakers Charles and Rhoda Coffin ministered in prisons and workhouses across the United States in the 1860s, the couple witnessed the deplorable conditions that inmates, in particular, women faced.
—Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2017
Quakers weren’t welcome at Harvard in the 1660s, and vaccination was a medical and theological no-no at Yale over a century later.
—WSJ, 3 Apr. 2017
Not all of us are bent on changing people’s beliefs; in fact, atheist Quakers attend services with theists regularly and happily.
—New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
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Noun
Westerners call them quakers, for the way the leaves tremble in the wind, but these had no leaves on them now.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
The village’s Meeting House, founded in 1688 and the resting place of writer and theologian William Penn, sits nearby, and during Oliver Cromwell’s rule the estate reportedly offered sanctuary to persecuted Quakers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Multiple religious groups have sued the Trump administration over the policy change, including Quakers, Jewish congregations and Mennonites.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
When Quakers Charles and Rhoda Coffin ministered in prisons and workhouses across the United States in the 1860s, the couple witnessed the deplorable conditions that inmates, in particular, women faced.
—Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2017
Quakers weren’t welcome at Harvard in the 1660s, and vaccination was a medical and theological no-no at Yale over a century later.
—WSJ, 3 Apr. 2017
Not all of us are bent on changing people’s beliefs; in fact, atheist Quakers attend services with theists regularly and happily.
—New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
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“Quaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quaker. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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