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Moravian
CIDE DICTIONARY
Moravian, a.
Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n. [1913 Webster]
Moravian, n.
One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren , was reëstablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Moravian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native of Moravia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
2 a member of a Protestant sect founded in Saxony by emigrants from Moravia, holding views derived from the Hussites and accepting the Bible as the only source of faith.
--adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of Moravia or its people.
--n.
1 a native of Moravia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
2 a member of a Protestant sect founded in Saxony by emigrants from Moravia, holding views derived from the Hussites and accepting the Bible as the only source of faith.
--adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of Moravia or its people.
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