Huss
[hʌs]
Definition
(noun.) Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415).
Checker: Luther--From WordNet
Examples
- Huss became rector of the university, and his teachings roused the church to excommunicate him (1412). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Huss was decoyed to Constance under promise of a safe conduct, and he was then put upon his trial for heresy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A colleague of Huss, Jerome of Prague, was burnt in the following year. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If one may imagine an eighteenth-century John Huss, it is impossible to imagine anyone with sufficient passion to burn him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But his protectors among the princes were too powerful for him to suffer the fate of John Huss. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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