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Meaning of HARMONIST

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Har"mo*nist\, n. [Cf. F. harmoniste.]
    1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding
       passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.
    2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is
       skillful in applying them in composition; a musical
       composer.
    
  2. \Har"mo*nist\, Harmonite \Har"mo*nite\, n. (Eccl.
    Hist.)
    One of a religious sect, founded in W["u]rtemburg in the last
    century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They
    had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this
    sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus
    established, Harmony.
    
 

 

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