Castelliteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• ハイフネーション: Cas‧tel‧lite

名詞

Castellite (複数形 Castellites)

1. A religious group in western North Carolina during the late 19th century. Mormon missionaries encountered them and found that they were enemies, not converts.
   • 1913, Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders:

     Of late years Mormon missionaries from Utah have reaped a rich harvest in this region, and in parts of Swain and Haywood counties a peculiar sect, known as Castellites, has arisen whose exercises seem to be of a highly emotional character, as it is a common remark that every one who joins the Castellites goes crazy.

2. A resident of Castelle,Texas.
   • 2001, Richard Zelade, Hill Country:

     Life here was not easy. For the first couple of years, Castellites depended heavily on supplies and support from the people of Fredericksburg, who had problems enough of their own. A round trip to Fredericksburg—about 50 miles—took 4 days.

関連する語

• Mormon

参照

• Our Southern Highlanders Kephart, Horace. (1913) in Chapter XII: Home Folks And Neighbor People, p. 270. Accessed online August 6, 2007.

• Mountaineer As Religious excerpt from the Kephart book hosted at West North Carolina Heritage site. Accessed online August 6, 2007.

• Lyman Wight's Mormon Colony in Texas excerpt from "Mormon Trails" chapter in Hill Country travel guide by Richard Zelade (2001). Accessed online August 6, 2007.