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Moravian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORA'VIAN, a. Pertaining to Moravia.
MORA'VIAN, n. One of a religious sect, called the United Brethren.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1555 1. a. a native or inhabitant of Moravia b. the group of Czech dialects spoken in Moravia 2. a member of a Protestant denomination arising from a 15th century religious reform movement in Bohemia and Moravia • Moravian adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Moravian Mo*ra"vi*an, a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.