teetotal society
1teetotal — (v.) pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink, 1834, possibly formed from TOTAL (Cf. total) with a reduplication of the initial T for emphasis (T totally totally, though not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from… …
2Society of Dependents — A Christian sect once common in Surrey and West Sussex, England, founded by John SirgoodThey were widely known as Cokelers . This name is believed to come from Cuckolders , meaning adulterers, a slander on them by religious opponents, rather than …
3teetotal — [19] The adverb teetotally is first recorded in America in 1832 (James Hall, in his Legends of West Philadelphia, recorded a Kentucky backwoodsman as saying ‘These Mingoes … ought to be essentially, and particularly, and tee totally obflisticated …
4teetotal — [19] The adverb teetotally is first recorded in America in 1832 (James Hall, in his Legends of West Philadelphia, recorded a Kentucky backwoodsman as saying ‘These Mingoes … ought to be essentially, and particularly, and tee totally obflisticated …
5Society of Dependants — Northchapel Stores The Society of Dependants were a Christian sect founded by John Sirgood in the mid nineteenth century. Their stronghold was in West Sussex and Surrey where they formed co operatives in some villages. They were widely known as… …
6The Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society — Type Mutual Traded as MGM Assurance Industry Financial Services Founded 1852 (1852) Founder(s) …
7Samuel Bowly — Infobox Person name = Samuel Bowly image size = 240px caption = Bowly at the 1840 Anti Slavery conference [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw00028# Knibb and Scoble at The Anti Slavery Society Convention, 1840] , by Benjamin… …
8Temperance movement — The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed within a community or society in general and even to prohibit its production and consumption entirely. The Woman s Christian Temperance Union is a prominent example of a… …
9Temperance Movements — • Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Temperance Movements Temperance Movements …
10List of teetotalers — List of well known people who are now teetotal or were during their lifetime. Note that some have abstained their entire lives, but others have only abstained after prolonged alcohol use.List of well known teetotalersA to E*John Bodkin Adams,… …
