ECONOMITE


Meaning of ECONOMITE in English

-ˌmīt noun

( -s )

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: Economy (now Ambridge), Pennsylvania + English -ite

: one of a group of Harmonites who in 1803 settled in Pennsylvania, who in 1825 formed the settlement of Economy, Pennsylvania, and whose religious community came to an end in 1903 following the introduction of celibacy in 1807

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.