Swedenborgian
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- adjective
- /ˌswiːdənˈbɔːrɡiən/
- The two were soon married by a Swedenborgian minister, with Thomas's assurances that theirs would be an egalitarian marriage.
- Swedenborgian Church
- Swedenborgian minister
Examples
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He attended a Swedenborgian service, where the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg were discussed in depth.
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Her Swedenborgian beliefs emphasize the connection between the human spirit and the natural world.
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Spiritualism, with its Swedenborgian influence, also shared with free love the pursuit of harmony between the spiritual and the physical.
Academic text (2018) -
Tangible power in the novel belongs to Philip Seymour and his rifle, which supersede the more invisible influence of Johnny Appleseed and his Swedenborgian texts.
Academic text (2012) -
A major link between James's thought and Transcendentalism was a commitment to Swedenborgian mysticism, which holds an idealistic view of nature as something spiritually expressive of deep meanings.
Academic text (2017) -
With his mush pan on his head, with one hand scattering apple seeds upon the good earth and the other holding a Swedenborgian book of prophecy, the barefooted Johnny Appleseed strides effortlessly across the country, doing good to the souls and the bodies of his fellow humans and to all God's creatures.
Academic text (2012) -
Many followers of Emanuel Swedenborg consider the teachings of the Swedenborgian Church to be a unique blend of science and spirituality.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Swedenborgian = Swedenborg (transparent) = Swedenborg + ian
Regular, productive suffix '-ian' added to the proper name indicates relation to Emanuel Swedenborg and is semantically direct.
Etymology
Swedenborgian comes from the name Emanuel Swedenborg and the ending -ian, which means 'relating to', as in Canadian. Swedenborg was a Swedish writer and thinker in the 1700s who wrote about visions and spiritual ideas, so Swedenborgian describes things that 'relate to his writings or ideas'.