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beaconite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bea-conite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of Friends, which claimed that too much emphasis was placed by Quakers on the Inner Light at the expense of Biblical authority.

Etymology

From beacon + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Beaconites (plural)

Questions

What does beaconite mean?
A supporter of English Quaker Isaac Crewdson and his book A Beacon to the Society of Friends, which claimed that too much emphasis was placed by Quakers on the Inner Light at the expense of Biblical authority.
Where does beaconite come from?
From beacon + -ite.

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