"Old Light" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Light}} Old Light
  1. (Christianity) A relatively traditional, conservative religious movement, especially (historical) the religious movement consisting of the seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state, the position maintained by the first seceders in 1733. Categories (topical): Christianity Derived forms: Old Lighter Coordinate_terms: New Light
    Sense id: en-Old_Light-en-name-F1TLoL3O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: Christianity

Noun

Forms: Old Lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Old Light}} Old Light (plural Old Lights)
  1. A member of such a religious movement.
    Sense id: en-Old_Light-en-noun-9nLySXB-

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