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  • noun Plural form of Lefebvrite.

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Examples

  • A lot of Lefebvrites, especially in foreign countries, would not mind the Mass in the Novus Ordo if it was said in a faithful and reverent manner.

    In the summer of 2005... Joanna Bogle 2009

  • Far worse than the Lefebvrites anti-modernist streak -- worse, at least, in terms of the face the pope presents to the non-Catholic world -- is that one of the four reinstated bishops, Richard Williamson of Britain, is on record as saying that Hitler wasn't nearly as bad a guy as most people make him out to be.

    Pope reinstates bishop who says Holocaust was exaggerated | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • According to the French agency I.Media, the cardinals of the ex-Holy Office – to whom Pope Ratzinger entrusted the dialogue wiht the Lefebvrites in view of their eventual reinstatement, in the future, in the structure of the Church – discussed a text "drawn up to clarify the parameter of the doctrinal dialogue with the Fraternity".

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Meanwhile, as the "doctrinal" dialogue with the Vatican moves along its first steps, the Lefebvrites have decided to challenge again the authority of the of the Pope, announcin the ordination of at least 21 new priests in three parts of the world

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • According to I.Media, the Superior of the Lefebvrites, Bp.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • He said the Tridentine rite is only a concession to the Lefebvrites, and there is no need for it here because that situation does not exist here.

    Altoona-Johnstown reaction to the Latin Mass Luxury Home 2007

  • He said the Tridentine rite is only a concession to the Lefebvrites, and there is no need for it here because that situation does not exist here.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Luxury Home 2007

  • The pope discussed potential reconciliation terms with the Lefebvrites in two meetings earlier this year, one with heads of Vatican curial offices and one with the world's cardinals.

    Yet another source Argent 2006

  • Bishop Fellay also said wider use of the Tridentine Mass would not solve all the problems the Lefebvrites have with the Second Vatican Council.

    Yet another source Argent 2006

  • Castrillón was busy hammering out the details to make way for the reconciliation with the Lefebvrites.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

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