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Fanatics

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old English law. Persons pretending to be inspired, and being a general name for Quakers, Anabaptists, and all other sectaries, and factious dissenters from the Church of England. St. 13 Car. IL c. 6; Jacob.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A religious enthusiast; a bigot; a person entertaining wild and extravagant notions, or affected by zeal or enthusiam, especially ^ upon religious subjects. The word was formerly defined In English law as a persoh pretending to be inspired, and was said to be a term applied to "Quakers, Anabaptists, and all other sectaries, and factious dissenters from the church of England." Jac. L>. Diet. See Stat. 13 Car. II. c. 6.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Persons pretending to be inspired, and being a general name for Quakers, Anabaptists, and all other sectaries, and factious dissenters from the Church of England. (St 13 Car. II. c. 6.) Jacob.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Persons pretending to be inspired, and being a general name for Quakers, Anabaptists, and all other sectaries, and faclious dissenters from the Church of England, (St. 13 Car. H.¢.6.) Jacob.