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a name at first given to all those members of the Western Church in the 14th century who contended for the administration of the eucharist to the laity sub utraque specie, i.e., in both kinds. The name was applied especially to the Calixtines (q.v.) in the 15th century. See Fisher, Hist. of the Rej. p. 178 sq. (See TABORITES),