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Amish, a.|ˈæmɪʃ, eɪ-|
[app. ad. G. amisch, f. Jacob Amen or Amman or Ammon, a Swiss Mennonite preacher active at the end of the 17th cent. + -ish1.]
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of, a strict sect of the Mennonite church in the United States. Also as n.
1844Rupp Relig. Denom. 560 [Account of the] Omish or Amish Church. 1880[see hooker1 2]. 1884Schaff's Relig. Encycl. III. 2404/1 The Mennonites and the Amish baptize by pouring. 1960Commentary XXIX. 530/2 No one is guilty unless one follows a fundamentalist Amish point of view. |