Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🏛️ A society member 🎶 A music arranger 🤝 A peacemaker
harmonist

harmonist

1 9.9
A person who lived in a religious community in the United States in the early 1800s
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑːrmənɪst/
translation icon : armonista
  • As a harmonist, he lived according to the strict communal rules of the society.
  • Harmonist Colony

Examples

  • The harmonists established several settlements in Pennsylvania and Indiana during the 1800s.

  • Historians study the beliefs and practices of the harmonists to understand early American utopian communities.

  • The harmonist spoke passionately about community living.

  • Many harmonists gathered for the annual festival.

  • Harmonist members believed in communal living and dedicated themselves to their spiritual practices in Pennsylvania.

  • In the early 19th century, a group of Harmonists established a settlement where they could freely practice their beliefs.

  • The teachings of the Harmonists emphasized simplicity and unity among their community.

Surface Forms

harmonist singular
harmonists plural

Morphology

harmonist = harmony (semi-transparent) = harmon + ist

The suffix '-ist' typically denotes a person associated with a particular activity or belief, but the specific historical reference to the Harmony Society is not immediately clear.

Etymology

Harmonist comes from harmony, a word from a Greek root meaning 'fit together' or 'agreement'. The religious group called the Harmony Society used that name for their members, so a harmonist was someone who belonged to the community that wanted unity.