Quakerly Definition

Quaker
noun

1. A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox in the 17c.

Derivative: Quakerish
adj

Derivative: Quakerism
noun

Derivative: Quakerly
adj

Etymology: 17c: so called either because of Fox's caution to his followers that they should ‘tremble at the Word of the Lord' or because some of his adherents, especially the women, would become possessed by the holy spirit and go into trembling fits.