Southcottian

Southcottian
Southcottian South*cot"ti*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities. [1913 Webster]

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