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Society of Friends

–noun
a sect founded by George Fox in England about 1650, opposed to oath-taking and war.
Also called Quakers, Religious Society of Friends.
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Society of Friends  
n.  A Christian denomination, founded in the mid-17th century in England, that rejects formal sacraments, a formal creed, a priesthood, and violence; the Quakers.
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