E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Sandema’nians or Glassites.
A religious party expelled from the Church of Scotland for maintaining that national churches, being “kingdoms of this world,” are unlawful. Called Glassites from John Glass, the founder (1728), and called Sandemanians from Robert Sandman, who published a series of letters on the subject in 1755.
man, who published a series of letters on the subject in 1755.
