RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Religious Society of Friends mean? 

• RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (noun)
  The noun RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

  Familiarity information: RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (noun)

Meaning:

A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Quakers; Religious Society of Friends; Society of Friends

Hypernyms ("Religious Society of Friends" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Religious Society of Friends"):

Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))