collegiant
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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- Collegiant (superseded, archaic)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.]