Swedenborgian

Swedenborgian
Swedenborgianism, Swedenborgism, n.
/sweed'n bawr"jee euhn, -gee-/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
n.
2. a believer in the religious doctrines of Swedenborg.
[1795-1805; SWEDENBORG + -IAN]

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