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Adamite

Ad·am·ite [ áddə mīt ] (plural Ad·am·ites)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. human being: a human being regarded as a descendant of Adam

2. member of religious group: in North Africa in the second century A.D., a member of a Christian religious group whose members preferred not to wear clothes

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