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The
Religious Society of Friends
(or
Quaikers
[1]
) bes a releegious muivment foondit in the 1640s bi an Inglesman cawed George Fox. Wereldwide, the Society has near a million memmers, maist notablie in the
Unitit Kinrick
, the
Unitit States
an
Bolivia
. The releegion is baist aroond the thocht that the revelaitioun o God can come tae anyan wha beleefs an waits in the spirit o God in stillness. In Britain, maist Quaikers warstle wi keepin tae thems "testimonies", whit be:
- Suith
- Peace
- Sempleness
- Eventie
- Communitie
- Jonick
- ↑
"Quaker, Qwaker, Quhaker, Quacker, Quaiker, Qwaiker"
.
Dictionar o the Scots Leid
. A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
. Retrieved
25 September
2020
.