Word: offshoot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little Free Church of Scotland, strict Highland offshoot of the Church of Scotland, passed a resolution expressing "grief and concern" that the royal couple, in their visit to Paris (TIME, May 24) had indulged in "racing, theater and nightclub dancing on the Lord...
Like anybody else, the New York Times makes mistakes. A fortnight ago, it reported from Warsaw that the Mariavite Sect (a Polish offshoot of the Roman Catholic Church) "does not recognize the authority of the Pope and [its] clergy are not obliged to practice chastity." Last week the chaste Times coughed discreetly and admitted that "chastity" was not the right word: it should have been "celibacy...
...Sikhs are an offshoot of the Hindu religion; they organized 300 years ago to resist militantly Moslem oppression. The British had used the warlike Sikhs extensively, giving them land and offices, especially in the fertile, predominantly Moslem West Punjab. In consequence, the Moslems hate Sikhs far more than they do Hindus...
Gerald L.K. Smith, who describes himself as "a controversial figure," toki newsmen yesterday that his Christian Nationalists--an offshoot of the America First Party--are now ready to operate in and on the post-war world...
...employee of his Chicago Tribune-Daily News syndicate, had long promised to open his eyes if he would visit the gilded city. On his one trip to Hollywood, 15 years ago, it had rained constantly and he had since thought of the town, if at all, as a damp offshoot of the Land of Oz. But he still liked to have his eyes opened...