Wycliffite

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English

Etymology

Wycliffe +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Wycliffite (comparative more Wycliffite, superlative most Wycliffite)

  1. Of or pertaining to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).
    • 1993: Anne Hudson, Two Wycliffite Texts: The Sermon of William Taylor, 1406 — The Testimony of William Thorpe, 1407
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Noun

Wycliffite (plural Wycliffites)

  1. (historical) A follower of John Wycliffe.