Shaker

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Christian religious sect religious community utopian community movement

The Shakers are a Christian religious sect founded in 18th-century England and established in America, known for communal living, celibacy, pacifism, and simple, functional craftsmanship.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Shakerism 6
Shakers 6
Shaker movement 3

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious sect ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
utopian community movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shaker ⓘ
surface form: Shaking Quakers

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ
celibacyConsequence reliance on converts and adopted children for growth ⓘ
coreBelief Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ
continuing revelation ⓘ
millenarianism ⓘ
spiritual equality of men and women ⓘ
corePractice celibacy ⓘ
communal living ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ
gender equality in leadership ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
simple living ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus represented in museums and restored villages ⓘ
subject of historic preservation ⓘ
designPrinciple lack of ornamentation ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
utility ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
furniture making ⓘ
manufacture of tools and household goods ⓘ
seed production ⓘ
foundedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
foundedInCountry England ⓘ
geographicSpread England ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasFounder Ann Lee ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Ann Lee ⓘ
James Whittaker ⓘ
Joseph Meacham ⓘ
Lucy Wright ⓘ
influenced American furniture design ⓘ
communal living movements in the United States ⓘ
modernist design aesthetics ⓘ
knownFor celibate lifestyle ⓘ
communal villages ⓘ
high-quality craftsmanship ⓘ
innovative design in tools and household objects ⓘ
pacifist stance ⓘ
simple functional furniture ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy English ⓘ
majorCenters Kentucky ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Ohio ⓘ
membershipTrend declining since late 19th century ⓘ
moralStance honesty in business ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
organizationalStructure communal property ownership ⓘ
separate but equal male and female leadership ⓘ
villages divided into family groups ⓘ
originatedFrom Quaker tradition ⓘ
peakMembershipPeriod 19th century ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
vow celibacy ⓘ
obedience to communal order ⓘ
poverty in common ⓘ
worshipStyle dancing in worship ⓘ
ecstatic worship ⓘ
shaking during religious services ⓘ
singing of spiritual songs ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shirley Shaker Village → religiousTradition → Shaker ⓘ
Shaker → alsoKnownAs → Shaker ⓘ
subject surface form: Shakers
this entity surface form: Shaking Quakers
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing → hasCommonName → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing → hasAlternativeName → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaking Quakers
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill → religiousTradition → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
Doris Humphrey → notableWork → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shakers
Ann Lee → religion → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
Ann Lee → movement → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker movement
Ann Lee → founded → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker movement
Ann Lee → influenced → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker communities in New England
Ann Lee → associatedWith → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker communities in New England
Christ’s Second Appearing → religiousTradition → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
Christ’s Second Appearing → shortName → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
Joseph Meacham → religion → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
Joseph Meacham → movement → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
Joseph Meacham → influenced → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker communal organization
Bury FC → nickname → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shakers
Lucy Wright → religion → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
Lucy Wright → religiousOrder → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
Lucy Wright → associatedWith → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker communities in the United States
Hancock Shaker Village → architecturalStyle → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker architecture
Hancock Shaker Village → hasCollection → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker furniture
James Whittaker → religiousMovement → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
James Whittaker → religion → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakerism
John Dunlavy → religiousMovement → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakers
John Dunlavy → religiousAffiliation → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker movement
Fruitlands Museum → hasCollectionType → Shaker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaker life