Definitions
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- noun US A member of any of various
religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement. - adjective Of or pertaining to any of these groups.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We passed through a well-wooded country -- pines and post oaks -- the road bad: crossed the river Trinity at 12 noon, and dined at the house of a disreputable looking individual called a Campbellite minister, at 4.30
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868
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-- the road bad: crossed the river Trinity at 12 noon, and dined at the house of a disreputable-looking individual, called a Campbellite minister, at 4.30 P. M.
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864
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Who knows whether the "Campbellite Baptists", the little sect in which Lloyd George grew up, even still exists?
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider by Roy Hattersley 2010
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I.e. I doubt you'll find many Campbellite Church of Christ members proudly displaying "Joe Six-Pack" t-shirts.
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Pepperdine is associated with the Church of Christ, which is part of the Campbellite/Stoneite Restoration tradition.
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Others, drawing upon the Wesleyan and Campbellite traditions, believe that salvation, though freely given of God, can be removed if the person does not carry out certain works or if the person engages in sinful behavior.
August 26, 2006 BRN 2007
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As a Stone-Campbellite I grew up Church of Christ, I would like to point out that not all of us have a distrust of clerical privilege.
PeaceBang's Friendly Nemesis (Part I In a Series) PeaceBang 2006
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Others, drawing upon the Wesleyan and Campbellite traditions, believe that salvation, though freely given of God, can be removed if the person does not carry out certain works or if the person engages in sinful behavior.
Archive 2006-08-20 BRN 2006
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Others, drawing upon the Wesleyan and Campbellite traditions, believe that salvation, though freely given of God, can be removed if the person does not carry out certain works or if the person engages in sinful behavior.
Archive 2006-07-30 BRN 2006
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A note for Chelle: I don't mean to imply that distrust of clerical privilege is part of the Stone-Campbellite creed or anything Stone-Campbellites realize that I just made a Stone-Campbellite joke.
PeaceBang's Friendly Nemesis (Part I In a Series) PeaceBang 2006
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