Quakers
Pacifist Christian sect
Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian denomination founded in 17th-century England.
Quakers traditionally reject formal clergy, creeds, and rituals, instead emphasizing direct experience of God and silent worship.
They are historically associated with pacifism, social justice, and plain living: The Quakers were early opponents of slavery.
The name, originally mocking, reportedly came from their founder's admonition to "tremble at the word of the Lord."
Unadorned, straightforward quality
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- bonnetHat secured under chin
- broad-brimmed hatHeadwear with expansive edge
plain speech · frugality · understated · functional · integrity · stewardship
Philadelphia's Quaker founder
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- AbolitionismMovement to end slavery
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
Swarthmore · Liberty Bell · Cadbury · Rowntree · Fry
Principled rejection of force
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- peacebuildingEstablishing lasting harmony post-conflict
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
conflict resolution · mediation · disarmament · alternative service · activism · protest · dialogue · Nobel Peace Prize
Protestant reform movement
- Levellers1640s English egalitarian faction
- ShakersCommunal celibate sect
- MoraviansInhabitants of Czech region
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
nonconformist · radical reformation · English Civil War · Commonwealth
Boiled grain dish
- breakfastDay's first eating
- rolled oatsFlattened cereal grain
- steel-cutGrain chopped by blades
- instantBriefest unit of time
plainness
Unadorned, straightforward quality
broad-brimmed hat · plain speech · frugality · understated · functional · integrity · stewardship
William Penn
Philadelphia's Quaker founder
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- AbolitionismMovement to end slavery
Underground Railroad · Swarthmore · Liberty Bell · Cadbury · Rowntree · Fry
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- peacebuildingEstablishing lasting harmony post-conflict
reconciliation · conflict resolution · mediation · disarmament · alternative service · activism · protest · dialogue · Nobel Peace Prize
Puritanism
Protestant reform movement
- Levellers1640s English egalitarian faction
- ShakersCommunal celibate sect
- MoraviansInhabitants of Czech region
Pilgrims · nonconformist · radical reformation · English Civil War · Commonwealth
porridge
Boiled grain dish
- breakfastDay's first eating
- rolled oatsFlattened cereal grain
- steel-cutGrain chopped by blades
Friends
Nineties sitcom, six Manhattanites
- SilenceComplete lack of sound
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- Abolitionismabolitionists, abolitionist movement, anti-slavery, antislavery, abolitionism
- Abolitionabolitionists, Frederick Douglass, abolitionist movement, Underground Railroad, Emancipation Proclamation
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- Christian CommunitiesHutterites, Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, Moravians
- Communescommunes, communal living, kibbutz, hippie commune, utopian communities
QuakersRoman Catholics
Christians under papal authority
Eastern Orthodox · Tridentine Mass · Catholics · Anglicans · Episcopalians
Quakersprosperity gospel
Doctrine linking faith to wealth
Puritans · warrior monks · Knights Templar · Moral Majority · religious right
Quakersmilitarists
Advocates of armed aggression
Teutonic Knights · Knights Templar · warrior monks · jihadists
- quake in one's bootsTo tremble with fear
- Quaker OatsMajor hot cereal brand
- quake in one's shoesBe extremely frightened
- Quaker meetingSilent communal religious service
- frost quakeGround cracking from rapid freezing
- Quaker StatePenn's woods, nicknamed