Williamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Williamites
Etymology: From William + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 316:
glosses: A follower of William III of England who deposed James II in the Glorious Revolution.
examples: text: Having weighed every thing very impartially, one ſhall find that the Order of theſe Auguſtinians was in the beginning formed of ſeveral Heremitical Congregations, which were ſpread in ſeveral places under different names, and eſpecially of the Williamites, and Zambonites. […] SOME do pretend that this William, Inſtitutor of the Williamites, was a Duke of Aquitain, Earl of Poitiers, and Diſciple of S. Bernard.
ref: 1693, Gabriel d’ Emillianne [pseudonym; Antonio Gavin], A Short History of Monastical Orders, in Which the Primitive Institution of Monks, Their Tempers, Habits, Rules, and the Condition They Are in at Present, Are Treated Of, London: […] S[amuel] Roycroft, for Rob[ert] Clavell, […], →OCLC, pages 48–49 and 54:
text: When, in 1256, Alexander IV founded the Hermits of St. Augustine many of the Williamites refused to enter the union and were permitted to exist as a separate body under the Benedictine Rule.
ref: 1912, Raymund Webster, “Williamites”, in Charles G[eorge] Herbermann, Edward A[loysius] Pace, Condé B[enoist] Pallen, Thomas J[oseph] Shahan, John J[oseph] Wynne, editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, volume XV (Tournon–Zwirner), New York, N.Y.: Robert Appleton Company, →OCLC, page 644, column 2:
text: The body known as the canons regular of St Augustine or black canons were founded in the mid-eleventh century but became the fourth mendicant order in 1256. They are also known as Austin canons and Austin friars and were divided into a number of groups such as the Williamites; Hermits of the Holy Trinity; Bonites; and Brittianians.
ref: 1984, Janet Mayo, “The Growth of Monasticism and the Beginnings of Opus Anglicanum 1066–1250”, in A History of Ecclesiastical Dress, New York, N.Y.: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 38, column 1:
text: Before the year 1507 was over, Bucer was consecrated as an acolyte in the Strasbourg church of the Williamites (Hermits of Saint William of Maleval), thus receiving the lowest ecclesiastical orders, a prerequisite for theological studies.
ref: 2004, Martin Greschat, translated by Stephen E. Buckwalter, “The Dominicans”, in Martin Bucer: A Reformer and His Times, Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Humble Beginnings), page 15:
synonyms: Guillelmite
Guillemin
glosses: A member of the Hermits of Saint William, a religious order founded by disciples of William of Maleval.
examples: text: The later history of the Williamites is similar to that of the Vallombrosans. They gave up the solitary life and adopted the Benedictine Rule, still retaining the white habit and cowl which distinguish them from the majority of Benedictines.
ref: 1932, Peter F[rederick] Anson, “Benedictine Solitaries”, in The Quest of Solitude, London; Toronto, Ont.: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., →OCLC, pages 72–74:
text: WILLIAM (Guliélmus, i), Ab. C. June 25. R. M. 12 Cent. Vercelli, near Naples, founder of Williamites or Hermits of Monte Vergine.
ref: 1935 April 2, Edward F[rancis] Smith, Baptismal and Confirmation Names: Containing in Alphabetical Order the Names of Saints with Latin and Modern Language Equivalents, Nicknames, Brief Biography, Representation in Art and Pronunciation […], New York, N.Y.; […]: Benziger Brothers, Inc. […], →OCLC, page 253:
text: Saints Romuald and William founded orders with an even more remote profile, the Camaldolese and the Williamites – the latter of which ceased to exist in the course of the 19th century.
ref: 2023, Joris Geldhof, “Modern Saints in the Roman Missal. An Exploration of the Proprium de Sanctis”, in Elisa Frei, Eleonora Rai, editors, Profiling Saints: Images of Modern Sanctity in a Global World (Refo500 Academic Studies; 97), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, section 1 (Through the Saints: Understanding the Church across the Centuries), page 85:
glosses: A member of the Order of Monte Vergine, a religious order founded by disciples of William of Montevergine.