Southcottian

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

  Southcottian \South*cot"ti*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman
     who, professing to have received a miraculous calling,
     preached and prophesied, and committed many impious
     absurdities.
     [1913 Webster]