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Adamite vs Picard - What's the difference?

adamite | picard |

In historical terms the difference between adamite and picard

is that adamite is one of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of the Biblical Adam, discarded the use of clothing in their assemblies while picard is a member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.

As nouns the difference between adamite and picard

is that adamite is a descendant of Adam; a human being while Picard is someone from Picardy.

As adjectives the difference between adamite and picard

is that adamite is of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam while Picard is of, from, or relating to, Picardy.

As a proper noun Picard is

a Romance language closely related to French.

adamite

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A descendant of Adam; a human being.

    • Etymology 2

    Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy , John Wiley & Sons, 1997

    Noun

    (head)
  • (mineral) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn]]2AsO4O[[hydrogen, H.

    • References

    picard

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, from, or relating to, Picardy

    • Synonyms

    * Picardian (dated)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone from Picardy
  • (historical) A member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.

    • Synonyms

    * Picardian (dated)

    Proper noun

    (Picard language) (en proper noun)
  • A Romance language closely related to French
  • (surname)
  • * 1920 , American Institute of Mining Engineers, Engineering and mining journal: Volume 110
    • The statements of Mr. Sulman and Mr. Picard , two Minerals Separation engineers, form an interesting comparison
  • * 2003 , Larry Nemecek, The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion: Revised Edition (page 349)
    • Dr. Crusher, using the sample Shinzon provided, confirms that he is a clone of Captain Picard . Furious, Picard wants to know who stole a piece of him.

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