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
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.