BOURIGNIAN
\bɜːɹˈɪɡni͡ən], \bɜːɹˈɪɡniən], \b_ɜː_ɹ_ˈɪ_ɡ_n_iə_n]\
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b[=oo]r-in'yan, adj. of or pertaining to Antoinette Bourignon (1616-80), a religious visionary who made religion consist in inward emotion, not in knowledge or practice.--BOURIGN'IANISM was strong in Scotland about the beginning of the 18th century, and ministers at ordination renounced it down till 1889.
By Thomas Davidson
