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Hicksite meaning
A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Quakers in 1827.
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By the 1840s, some Hicksite Quakers determined to bring women and men together in the faith as an expression of their spiritual equality.
She maintained her membership in the local Hicksite body but did not attend its meetings.
The Children of Peace were founded during the War of 1812 after a schism in the Society of Friends in York County. citation A further schism occurred in 1828, leaving two branches, "Orthodox" Quakers and "Hicksite" Quakers.