Moravian
[mə'reviən]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n.
(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 reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Moravia or the Moravians.—n. one of a Christian denomination entitled Unitas Fratrum of United Brethren a small body of Protestants of extraordinary missionary energy founded in the 15th century.—n. Morā′vianism the doctrines of the Moravians.
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Examples
- One of Hartlib's chief hopes for the regeneration of England, if not of the whole world, rested on the teac hings of the educational reformer Comenius, a bishop of the Moravian Brethren. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But he fell asleep while Mr. Langweilig, the German Moravian minister, was speaking. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Moravians procured me five wagons for our tools, stores, baggage, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- While at Bethlehem I inquired a little into the practices of the Moravians; some of them had accompanied me, and all were very kind to me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mrs. Yorke awarded the palm to Moravians and Quakers, on account of that crown of humility by these worthies worn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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