Mennonite
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See also: mennonite
Etymology
Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite.
Noun
Mennonite (plural Mennonites)
- A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Amish Mennonite
- anti-Mennonite
- ex-Mennonite
- German Mennonite
- Mennonite German
- Mennonite Low German
- Mennonitic
- Mennonitish
- Mennonitism
- non-Mennonite
- pro-Mennonite
- pseudo-Mennonite
- quasi-Mennonite
- Russian Mennonite
- semi-Mennonite
Translations
member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition
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Adjective
Mennonite (comparative more Mennonite, superlative most Mennonite)
- Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).
Translations
See also
- Amish (longer form: Amish Mennonite)
- Anabaptism
- Hutterite
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