Society of Friends

Definitions of Society of Friends
  1. noun
    a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
    synonyms: Quakers, Religious Society of Friends
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    type of:
    religious order, religious sect, sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
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