Buchmanism

Buchmanism
Buchmanite /book"meuh nuyt', buk"-/, n.
/book"meuh niz'euhm, buk"-/, n.
the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
[1925-30; Frank N. D. Buchman (1879-1961), U.S. religious leader; see -ISM]

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