MUGGLETONIANS
\mˌʌɡə͡ltˈə͡ʊni͡ənz], \mˌʌɡəltˈəʊniənz], \m_ˌʌ_ɡ_əl_t_ˈəʊ_n_iə_n_z]\
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In Eng. Hist., the followers of one Muggleton, a tailor, who, in the seventeenth century, asserted that he and his associate, Reeves, were the two last and greatest prophets of Jesus Christ. A few of their adherents still remain. They were opposed chiefly by the Quakers Fox and Penn.
By Henry Percy Smith
Nearby Words
- mugginess
- mugging
- muggins
- muggish
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- muggur
- muggy
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