Zionite

[f. ZION + -ITE¹.] a. A citizen of Zion; one of the chosen people of God.

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b. One of a sect so called: see quot. 1886.

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1675. T. Brooks, Gold. Key, Wks. 1867, V. 342. The Zionites, the people of God, the citizens of Zion.

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1882–3. Schaff’s Encycl. Relig. Knowl., II. 1604. The Zionites in Norway.

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1886. Encycl. Brit., XX. 842/2. Founded in 1737 by the followers of Elias Eller, a religious enthusiast, Ronsdorf received town rights in 1745. The Ronsdorf sect, the members of which called themselves Zionites, is now extinct.

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