BEREAN
\bɪɹˈi͡ən], \bɪɹˈiən], \b_ɪ_ɹ_ˈiə_n]\
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b[=e]-r[=e]'an, n. one of an extinct Scottish sect of the 18th century, named from the people of Berea (Acts, xvii. 11, who derived all knowledge of God from the Bible, but differed little from ordinary Calvinists.
By Thomas Davidson