Campbellites

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS.
     cristen. See {Christ}.]
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     1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe,
        in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him;
        especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed


        to the doctrines of Christ.
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              The disciples were called Christians first in
              Antioch.                              --Acts xi. 26.
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     2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
        and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an
        opposing system.
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     3. (Eccl.)
        (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human
            creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names.
            They are congregational in church government, and
            baptize by immersion. They are also called {Disciples
            of Christ}, and {Campbellites}.
        (b) One of a sect (called {Christian Connection}) of
            open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only
            authoritative rule of faith and practice.
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     Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members
           of the sects, kr[imac]s"chan.
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