Mennonite
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See also: mennonite
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite.
Noun[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition
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Adjective[edit]
Mennonite (comparative more Mennonite, superlative most Mennonite)
- Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).
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See also[edit]
- Amish (longer form: Amish Mennonite)
- Anabaptism
- Hutterite