A religious sect of the seventeenth century, so called from
Jean Labadie, of Bourg in Guyenne. They were Protestant ascetics, who
sought reform of morals more than reform of doctrine. They rejected the
observance of all holy days, and held certain mystic notions. The sect
fell to pieces early in the eighteenth century.
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