Definition of "exhorters" [exhorters]

• Plural form of exhorter. (noun)

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• "Edward Herndon and B. Chewning who had been committed on the same charge, but being "exhorters" only they were soon released."
• "Among the officially recognized officers of this twofold division are: (1) the "exhorters", who are commissioned to hold meetings for exhortation and prayer; (2) the "local preachers", laymen who, without renouncing their secular avocation, are licensed to preach; (3) the "itinerant preachers", who devote themselves exclusively to the ministry."
• ""exhorters," selected, it seemed to me, on account of their cleverness in appealing to the emotional qualities of their hearers."