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Hicks•ite
(hik′sīt),USA pronunciation n.
- Religiona member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- 1825–35, American; after Elias Hicks (1748–1830), American Quaker preacher; see -ite1