Branch Davidian

English

Noun

Branch Davidian (plural Branch Davidians)

  1. A member of a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Davidians. They believed that Bible prophecies of a final divine judgment were coming to pass as a prelude to Christ's Second Coming, and were involved in a fatal siege in 1993 near Waco, Texas.
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