religious society of friends

English Thesaurus

1. a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers (noun.group)

hypernym	:	religious order, religious sect, sect,
definition	:	a subdivision of a larger religious group (noun.group)

member holonym	:	friend, quaker,
definition	:	a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) (noun.person)