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Meaning of Smectymnuan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A member of Smectymnuus, a group of Puritan clergymen active in England in 1641.

historical

Examples

“They are shoutings of a layman expecting the fall⟳ of the besieged Jericho, but with no more definite preadvertisement of the policy that should follow⟳ the fall⟳ than was implied in the fact that the priests who were loudest in blowing the rams' horns for the surrender⟳ were Milton's five Presbyterian friends, the Smectymnuans.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Smectymnuus Smeddle smeddum Smedley smee smeech

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