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Webster 1913 Edition

Moravian

Mo-ra′vi-an

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See
Moravian
,
Noun.

Mo-ra′vi-an

,
Noun.
(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 reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of
Count Zinzendorf
in Saxony. Called also
Herrnhuter
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moravian

MORA'VIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Moravia.

MORA'VIAN

,
Noun.
One of a religious sect, called the United Brethren.

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