Mennonite
See also: mennonite
English
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
- Mennist (historical)
- Mennonist
- Menno (informal term for a Mennonite; also male given name)
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