FRIENDS OF GOD
\fɹˈɛndz ɒv ɡˈɒd], \fɹˈɛndz ɒv ɡˈɒd], \f_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_d_z ɒ_v ɡ_ˈɒ_d]\
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(Hist.) A secret brotherhood, not organized, formed in the fourteenth century, by certain who held that union with God was not to be limited by the observance of particular ordinances.-Milman, Hist, of Latin Christianity, bk. xiv. ch. 7. See Quakers.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.