RAPP, GEORGE

RAPP, GEORGE
   German fanatic, born in Würtemberg, emigrated to America, and founded a fraternity called Harmonites, who by tillage of land on the Ohio and otherwise amassed great wealth, to be kept in store for the service of Christ at His second coming (1770-1847).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Rapp — /rap/; Ger. /rddahp/, n. George, 1757 1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists. * * * ▪ Soviet organization abbreviation of  Rossiyskaya Assotsiatsiya Proletarskikh Pisateley , English  Russian Association of… …   Universalium

  • George I of Georgia — Giorgi I ( ka. გიორგი I) (998 or 1002 – August 16, 1027), of the House of Bagrationi, was the king of Georgia from 1014 until his death in 1027. He spent most of his seven year long reign waging a bloody and fruitless territorial war with the… …   Wikipedia

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