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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0135 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Shaker communities (United Society of Believers) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“The Shakers organised celibate communal villages in which men and women lived in dormitory-style houses and held all things in common, with leadership shared by elders and eldresses.”

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