Wee Frees

plural noun

-ˈfrēz

: members of the Free Church of Scotland formed of a minority of the original Free Church of Scotland who refused to enter into a merger in 1900 with the United Presbyterian Church to form the United Free Church of Scotland

Word History

Etymology

from Wee Free (Kirk), nickname applied to minority of the Free Church of Scotland

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