Herrnhuter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moravian \Mo*ra"vi*an\, n. (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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herrnhuter \Herrn"hut*er\ (h[~e]rn"h[u^]*[~e]r; G.
     h[e^]rn"h[=oo]*[~e]r), n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of the Moravians; -- 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.
     [1913 Webster]