Herrnhuter

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Herrnhuter. So called from the settlement of Herrnhut (= the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.

Noun

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Herrnhuter (plural Herrnhuters)

  1. (historical) A member of the Moravian Church.

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German

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Noun

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Herrnhuter m (strong, genitive Herrnhuters, plural Herrnhuter, feminine Herrnhuterin)

  1. (Christianity) Herrnhuter (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

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