HICKSITES
\hˈɪksa͡ɪts], \hˈɪksaɪts], \h_ˈɪ_k_s_aɪ_t_s]\
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A body that seceded from the Society of Friends in the year 1827 under the leadership of Elias Hicks, of Jericho, L.I. They still retain the name of "Friends," but hold Socinian views in regard to the Trinity and the atonement. Number of members in 1890, 22,000.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.