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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.

Definition 2024

Moravian

Moravian

English

Adjective

Moravian ‎(comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the Moravian Church or its members.
  3. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Czech Republic, Europe.
  4. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Serbia, Europe.

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Noun

Moravian ‎(plural Moravians)

  1. (historical) A person from Moravia.
  2. A member of the Moravian Church.

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