collegiant
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See also: Collegiant
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Collegiant (superseded, archaic)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin collegians.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]collegiant m (plural collegianten)
- (historical, Protestantism) a member of a loose grouping of antidogmatic Protestant dissenters, originating from Warmond and Rijnsburg stressing toleration, rationalism, mysticism and millenarianism, chiefly during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: Rijnsburger collegiant
- (obsolete) a member of a college (council) or society [from 16th c.]