Barclayite

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English

Etymology

From Barclay +‎ -ite, after their leader, former Scottish Presbyterian minister John Barclay (1734-1798).

Noun

Barclayite (plural Barclayites)

  1. (historical) Synonym of Berean (member of 18th-century Scottish Protestant sect)