See Also: brownism(medicine)
Brownism(dictionary)

Brownism (iou)



Brownism noun. E17.
[from Brown (see below) + -ISM.]
Hist. The system of church government advocated by the Puritan Robert Brown (c 1550-c 1633), and adopted by the Independents.
Brownist noun an adherent or student of the ecclesiastical principles of Robert Brown L16.
Brow'nistical adjective M17.