The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irvingite
Irvingite \Ir"ving*ite\, n. (Eccl.) The common designation of a member of a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.
Usage examples of "irvingite".
This phenomenon is constantly reported in the Bible, in the Lives of the Saints by the Bollandists, in the experiences of the early Irvingites, in witch trials, in Iamblichus, and in savage and European folklore.
Baptist or a Muggletonian, and the best soldier whether he was a Wesleyan or an Irvingite.