Căm'p'bel-ite, n.

(kăm'el-īt, or kăm'bel-īt), n. [From the Rev. Alex. Campbell, of Virginia.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Baptists who consider all other Christians as having departed from the simplicity of the gospel through their formularies and books of discipline. There has been much dispute as to their distinctive sentiments, and probably no small difference of opinion between different individuals who have borne the name. Hayward.