Definition of "quietists" []

• Plural form of quietist. (noun)

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• "It was the policy of her father, the Duke of Wirtemberg, who had a large family, to educate his children as 'quietists' in matters of religion."
• "Bahrain is 70 percent Shia, and most have family and tribal links with the Shia of Eastern Saudi Arabia who are linked more closely to Ayatollah Sistani and the "quietists" in Najaf than to emulation of the theocratic mullahs in Qom."
• "Unlike the theocrats of Qom in Iran, the quietists of Najaf in Iraq eschew political power."