See also:

• AGAPEMONITES, or COMMUNITY OF THE SON OF MAN

AGAPEMONITES, or COMMUNITY OF THE SON OF See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

MAN  . This See also:

• SECT

sect, based upon the theories of various See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German religious mystics, and having for its See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• OBJECT

object the spiritualization of the matrimonial See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, was founded in 1846 by the Rev . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince, a clergyman of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (1811-1899) . He studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, obtained his qualifications in 1832 and was appointed medical officer to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital in See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Compelled by See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health to abandon his profession, he entered himself in 1837 as a student at St . See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's Theo-logical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LAMPETER (Llanbedr-pont-Stephan)

Lampeter, where he gathered about him a See also:

• BAND

band of See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest religious enthusiasts, known as the Lampeter Brethren, and was eventually ordained to the curacy of Charlinch in See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, where he had See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge in the illness and See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector, the Rev . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Starkey . By that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he had contracted his first " spiritual See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage," and had persuaded himself that he had been absorbed into the See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality of See also:

• GOD

God and had become a visible embodiment of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Spirit . During his illness Mr . Starkey read one of his See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate's sermons; and was not only " cured " forthwith, but embraced his See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange doctrines, and together they procured many conversions in the countryside and the neighbouring towns . In the end the rector was deprived of his living and Prince's See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence withdrawn, and together with a few disciples they started the Charlinch See also:

• FREE

Free Church, which had a very brief existence . Prince shortly afterwards became curate of Stoke in See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, where, however, the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his revivalist zeal caused his departure at the end of twelve months .

It was now decided that Prince, Starkey (whose See also:

• SISTER

sister Prince had married as his second wife) and the Rev . See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis Prince should leave the Church of England and preach their own See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel; Prince opened See also:

• ADULLAM

Adullam See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel, See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton, and Starkey established himself at See also:

• WEYMOUTH

Weymouth . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief success See also:

• LAY

lay in the latter See also:

• TOWN

town, and thither Prince soon migrated . A number of followers, estimated by Prince at 500, but by his critics at one-fifth of the number, were got together, and it was given out by " Beloved " or " The See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb "—the names by which the See also:

• AGAPEMONITES, or COMMUNITY OF THE SON OF MAN

Agapemonites designated their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader—that his disciples must divest themselves of their possessions and throw them into the See also:

• COMMON

common stock . This was done, even by the poor or ill-furnished, all of whom looked forward to the speedy end of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DISPENSATION

dispensation, and were content, for the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of this See also:

• WORLD

world, to live in common, and, while not repudiating earthly ties, to treat them as purely spiritual . With the See also:

• MONEY

money thus obtained the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Spaxton, which was to become the " See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

Abode of Love," was enlarged and furnished luxuriously, and three sisters, who contributed £6000 each, were immediately married to three of Prince's nearest disciples . Despite the purely spiritual ideas which underlay the Agapemonite view of marriage, a son was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born to one of these couples, and when the See also:

• FATHER

father endeavoured to carry it away an See also:

• ACTION

action was brought which resulted in the See also:

• AFFIRMATION (from Lat. affirmare, to assert)

affirmation of the See also:

• MOTHER

mother's right to its custody . The circumstance in which a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth sister who joined the community was abducted by her See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers led to an inquiry in lunacy and to her final See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at Spaxton . A few years after the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the " Abode of Love," a peculiarly See also:

• GROSS

gross See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal, in which Prince and one of his See also:

• FEMALE

female followers were involved, led to the See also:

• SECESSION

secession of some of his most faithful See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, who were unable any longer to endure what they regarded as the amazing mixture of See also:

• BLASPHEMY (through the Fr. from Gr. PXaa4o ta, profane language, slander, probably derived from root of )3X

blasphemy and immorality offered for their See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance . The most prominent of those who remained received such titles as the " Anointed Ones," the " See also:

• ANGEL

Angel of the Last See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

Trumpet," the " Seven Witnesses " and so forth . In 1862 " See also:

• BROTHER

Brother Prince " sent " to the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings and See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth " letters " making known to. all men that flesh is saved from See also:

• DEATH

death." At that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the Agapemonites counted their adherents at 600, and it was no doubt a grievous See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock to them when their deathless founder died on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1899, four years after he had opened a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch church at Clapton, See also:

• LONDON

London, which is said to have cost ;C20,000 . This church, decorated with elaborate symbolism, was styled the " See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark of the See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

Covenant," and in it the elect were to await the coming of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord .

On the death of " Brother " Prince, the Rev . T . H . See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth-Pigott, pastor of the " Ark," became the acknowledged See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the sect . He was born in 1852, of an old See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• FAMILY

family, and, after a varied career as university See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, sailor before the See also:

• MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
• MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

mast, soldier, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee-planter, curate in the Church of England and evangelist in the Salvation See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army, was converted about 1897 to the views of Prince . For five years after this he was not heard of outside his own sect . On the 7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1902, however, the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation, assembled at the Ark of the Covenant for service, found :the communion table replaced by a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair . In this Pigott presently seated himself and proclaimed himself as the See also:

• MESSIAH (Dan. x. 25, 26)

Messiah with the words, " God is no longer there," pointing upwards, " but here," pointing to himself . This astonishing announcement was followed by an excellent See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon on See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian love . Pigott's claim was at once admitted by the members of his sect, including even his own wife, as the fulfilment of the,.promise of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ to appear in due time in the "Ark." By the outside world the affair was greeted with mingled ridicule and indignation, and the new Messiah had to be protected by the See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police from the violence of an angry See also:

• MOB

mob . After providing " copy " for the See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers for a few days, however, the whole thing was forgotten . Pigott retired to the head-quarters of the sect, the " Abode of Love " in Somerset, and all efforts to interview him or to obtain details of the See also:

• LIFE

life of the community were abortive .

At last, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1905, the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and mysterious silence was broken by the announcement that a son had been born to Pigott by his " spiritual wife," See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• RUTH, BOOK OF

Ruth Preece, an inmate of the Agapemone . This event by no means disconcerted the believers, who saw in it only another manifestation of Pigott's divinity, and proclaimed it as " an earnest of the See also:

• TOTAL

total redemption of man." The See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child was registered as " See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

Glory," and, at the christening service in the chapel of the Abode, See also:

• HYMNS

hymns were sung in its See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour as it lay in a jewelled See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle in the See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel . Another child by Miss Preece, christened " See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

Power," was born on the loth of August 1908 . The publicity given to this event renewed the scandal, and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• TAR

tar and See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather " Mr Pigott resulted in two men being sent to See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . Later in the See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month proceedings were instituted against him by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Bath and See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells under the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

Clergy Discipline See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act . One outcome of the disclosures connected with the Agapemone deserves passing mention, as throwing some See also:

• LIGHT

light on the origin of the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the community . Mr See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• STOKES, SIR G
• STOKES, SIR GEORGE GABRIEL, BART
• STOKES, WHITLEY (1830-1909)

Stokes Read, a See also:

• RESIDENT

resident at the Agapemone and director of the V . V . See also:

• BREAD

Bread See also:

• COMPANY

Company, was requested by his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors to resign, on the ground that his connexion with the sect was damaging the business of the company . He denied this to be the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case and refused to resign, See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading rehgious See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty and the large interests of Agapemonites in the codcern . On the 13th of September 1905, a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the shareholders of the company was held, and Read " asked them to believe that it was not in the interests of the company, but because he knew that the Lord Jesus Christ had come again and was now dwelling at the Agapemone, that he was thus See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast out by his colleagues." The See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion calling on him to resign was carried on a See also:

• POLL

poll being taken by 46,770 votes to 2953 .