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Definition of Moravians

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 Moravians from wikipedia

- themselves as Moravians, not Czechs. Then, for fear of Germanization, Moravians would begin to publicly refer to themselves as Moravian Czechs — joining...
- Moravian may also refer to: a member or adherent of the Moravian Church, one of the oldest Protestant denominations Moravia, the region Moravians, people...
- Katherine Carte. Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America (2010) Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Jesus Is Female: Moravians and the Challenge of Radical Religion...
- exceeds the number recorded in the sources (11 centres of Moravians and 30 centres of "other Moravians" or Merehanos; opinions differ as to how to interpret...
- the 1730s–40's and because the Moravians welcomed anyone into their church services, most German Pietists viewed Moravians as more than harmless heretics...
- o.O. 2010, ISBN 978-80-7422-049-4 (Czech) Tennent, Gilbert (1743). Some Account of the Principles of the Moravians. Moravians (tribe) at Google Books...
- majority of the po****tion identified as Moravians, rather than Czechs. In the census of 2001, the number of Moravians had decreased to 380,000 (3.7% of the...
- The Moravian musical tradition in United States began with the earliest Moravian settlers in the first half of the 18th century. These Moravians were members...
- Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers...
- Moravian Serbia (Serbian: Моравска Србија, romanized: Moravska Srbija), the Prin****lity of Moravian Serbia (Serbian: Кнежевина Моравска Србија, romanized: Kneževina...