Plymouth Brethren.

A sect that protests against all sectarianism, and advocates the unity of the church; some even go so far as to advocate a community of goods. So called from Plymouth, where they sprang into existence in 1830.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Plume Oneself (To)
Plumes
Plumper (A)
Plunger
Plus Ultra
Plush (John)
Pluto
Pluto
Plutonic Rocks
Plutus
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Cloak (A)
Pocahontas
Pocket (diminutive of poche, a pouch)
Pocket an Insult (To)
Pocket Borough (A)
Pocket Judgment (A)
Pocket Pistol (A)
Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess’s)
Poco
Pococurante

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Plymouth Brethren