Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AD'AM-ITES
AD'AM-ITES, n.
In Church history, a sect of visionaries, who pretended to establish a state of innocence, and, like Adam, went naked. They abhorred marriage, holding it to be the effect of sin. Several attempts have been made to revive this sect; one as late as the 15th century. – Encyc.
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