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Definition of Moravian

Moravian
Moravian Mo*ra"vi*an, a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n.
Moravian
Moravian Mo*ra"vi*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) 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 re["e]stablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.

Meaning of Moravian from wikipedia

- Look up moravian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Moravian is the adjective form of the Czech Republic region of Moravia, and refers to people of ancestry...
- Moravians (Czech: Moravané or colloquially Moraváci, outdated Moravci) are a West Slavic ethnic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who...
- The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Czech: Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren")...
- Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers...
- The Moravian Karst (Czech: Moravský kras) is a karst landscape and protected landscape area to the north of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech...
- Republic's 10.9 million inhabitants. The people are historically named Moravians, a subgroup of Czechs, the other group being called Bohemians. The land...
- A Moravian star (German: Herrnhuter Stern) is an illuminated decoration used during the Christian liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany...
- The Moravian Church in North America is part of the worldwide Moravian Church Unity. It dates from the arrival of the first Moravian missionaries to the...
- Moravian Falls is a waterfall in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The waterfall is located on Moravian Cr****, where it flows over a large bedrock to a lower...
- term in this context. Instead they mention the polity as "Moravian realm" or "realm of Moravians" (regnum Marahensium, terra Marahensium, regnum Marahavorum...