rare. [a. F. thelemite (Cotgr.), f. Gr. θέλημα will + -ITE1, with reference to the abbey of Thélème in Rabelais, the only law of which was Fay ce que vouldras, Do what thou wilt.] (See quots.)
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Thelemite, a libertine, one that does what he list.
1900. E. Castle, Marshfield the Observer, 62–3. He stared a good deal himself at Lady Cosmo, who was well within his range of vision. He was an experienced Thelemite.
1908. Nation, 24 Oct., 144/1. We will … take our oath to observe the Thelemite rule of ‘Do what thou wilt,’ because, as its founder said, ‘men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies have naturally an instinct and spur that prompts them unto virtuous actions.’
