(US, historical) The religious principles of the Hicksites.
(US, historical) The religious principles of the Hicksites.
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(US, historical) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Quakers in 1827.
(US, politics, historical) The political principles of the Locofocos.
(US, historical) The dietetic system of Sylvester Graham.
(United States, slang) A country dweller with liberal or progressive views.
(North America, jocular) A hamlet or small rural community populated by hicks.