Uckewallist

English

Etymology

Ucke Wallis +‎ -ist

Named after the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis.

Noun

Uckewallist (plural Uckewallists)

1. (historical) One of a sect of strict Anabaptists whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists, with the additional doctrine that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved.
   • 1825, Johann Lorenz Mosheim, An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern:

     the most considerable is that which passes wallists. under the denomination of Uckewallists, and is so called after its founder Uke Walles, a native of Friesland.

References

“Uckewallist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.