Etymograph

English

Guglielmite

Guglielmite comes from Italian guglielmita.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentguglielmita
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1901Guglielmite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Italianc. 1300–presentguglielmita
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1901Guglielmite

Earliest quotation: 1901, Henry Charles Lea, Political Heresy Utilized by the Church: “[T]he defence of Maifreda is replaced by a statement…”

Equivalent to Guglielma + -ite

Every English word from Italian guglielmita

Today it means

noun A follower of the Italian noblewoman Guglielma of Bohemia (1210–1281), who practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate.

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