Shakers

This article is about the Shakers, a religious denomination. For other uses of the term shakers or shaker, see Shakers (disambiguation).

Origin of the name

The name Shakers, and the variant, Shaking Quakers, originally pejorative, was applied as a mocking description of their rituals of trembling, shouting, dancing, shaking and glossolalia (speaking in unknown languages). Its origin is probably similar to that of the term Quaker.

Related Topics:
Ritual - Glossolalia - Quaker

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