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Shakers

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarianrestorationistChristiansect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s. They were initially known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services.

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