New Licht

noun

ˈnyüˌliḵt

: a member of one of the parties in the Scottish Secession Churches both Burgher and Antiburgher that supported the principle of voluntarism in opposition to the Auld Lichts

Word History

Etymology

Scots, literally, new light

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