Harmonite

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

  Harmonist \Har"mo*nist\, Harmonite \Har"mo*nite\ (-n[imac]t), n.
     (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a religious sect, founded in W["u]rtemburg in the last
     century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They
     had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this
     sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus


     established, Harmony.
     [1913 Webster]