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Mennonite

//ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

Etymology 2

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

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