Swedenborgian

[ sweed-n-bawr-jee-uhn, -gee- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating 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.

First recorded in 1795–1805; Swedenborg + -ian

Mr. Webster was a member of the New or Swedenborgian Church, and held to that faith very strongly.

Mr. Hiram Power, the American sculptor, p. 254is a zealous missionary of the Swedenborgian faith.

He had been a Swedenborgian, and at times had officiated as a preacher in England before he came to the States.

I should love to be a sort of Swedenborgian with all sorts of fanciful private beliefs.

It was in connection with the Swedenborgian Society that a taste for music was first aroused in me.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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