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Auld licht
Auld licht Auld licht, Auld light Auld light . (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century. (b) Same as Burgher, n., 2.

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- factions formed their own, separate "Auld Licht" (old light) and "New Licht" factions. The more Calvinistic "Auld Lichts" held to the obligations of the Solemn...
- The terms Old Lights and New Lights (among others) are used in Protestant Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same...
- seceders) (died before the 'Auld Licht'/'New Licht' division) Ralph Erskine (seceded 1737) (died before the 'Auld Licht'/'New Licht' division) James Fisher...
- first novels: Auld Licht Idylls (1888), A Window in Thrums (1889), and The Little Minister (1891). The stories depicted the "Auld Lichts", a strict religious...
- congregation of Auld Licht Anti-Burghers in 1813. The building's first congregation was founded in 1806, when Thomas M'Crie the Elder, a leading Auld-Licht or conservative...
- disagreement, not on doctrine, but on the parish boundaries, between two 'Auld Licht' ministers, John Russel and Alexander Moodie It was followed by "The Holy...
- in Kirriemuir. He called this "wee red toonie" "Thrums" in his novels Auld Licht Idylls, A Window in Thrums, and The Little Minister. "Red" refers to a...
- was a precursor to the First Secession Smith, Richard M. (2006). "Auld Licht, New Licht and Original Secessionists in Scotland and Ulster". Scottish Church...
- Nancie's, was driven out of the village by Adam, aged 15, and a group of 'Auld Licht' friends. Burns wrote Adam Armour's Prayer that describes the incident...
- story of Gavin Dishart, a staid cleric who is newly ****igned to Thrums' Auld Licht church, and Babbie, a member of the nobility who disguises herself as...