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

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        1
        Fox computed that there were seldom less than a thousand quakers in prison.
        Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 03: February 1659-1660
        2
        Wherever we have been, these Eastern quakers look grave, and jolly, and sleek.
        Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
        3
        They enjoy a happy state of mediocrity[Footnote: The quakers in particular.
        Travels in the United States of America / Commencing in the Year...
        4
        The quakers who may be found there shall be whipped and imprisoned with hard labor.
        American Institutions and Their Influence
        5
        The greater number were called in derision "ranters," and some "quakers."
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
        6
        In this, she certainly had the example of other Quakers before her.
        New york: the novel
        7
        A fortnight ago the French Quakers held their 35th Yearly Meeting here.
        The new yorker
        8
        Hitherto he was acquainted only with the simple worship of the Quakers.
        The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. / Composed f...
        9
        Such is the organization of the discipline or government of the Quakers.
        A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
        10
        These irregularities were much exaggerated by enemies of the Quakers in England.
        The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
        11
        The Quakers also conceive it to be a doctrine of the gospel.
        A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 / Taken from a View of the ...
        12
        The Quakers to this day do not admit singing in their assemblies.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
        13
        The extravagance of some of the early Quakers has been grossly exaggerated.
        Historical Papers / Part 3 from Volume VI of The Works of John G...
        14
        Fox and his Quakers insisted that sin was by no means inevitable.
        A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
        15
        The Quakers have as warm feelings as the rest of their countrymen.
        A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
        16
        They still refused to find the Quakers guilty of an unlawful assembly.
        The Guardian
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