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Mennonite Eccl.|ˈmɛnənaɪt|
Also 6 erron. Memnonite, 8 Menonite.
[f. Menno + -ite.]
A member of a sect of Christians which was founded in Friesland by Menno Simons (1492–1559). They are opposed to infant baptism, the taking of oaths, military service, and the holding of civic offices.
1565T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 9 b, Memnonites and Zuenckfeldians haue ben stirring. 1684Answ. Remarks More's Expos. Pref. a 2 b, Which is the opinion of Daniel Brenius a Mennonite. 1876Barclay Inner Life Relig. Soc. Commw. 73 The doctrines..of the Mennonites.
attrib.1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., M. Herman Schin, a Mennonite minister. 1864Evans E. Eng. Baptists 21 The Mennonite Church in Holland. 1876Barclay Inner Life Relig. Soc. Commw. 77 Many of them..held to the Mennonite faith and practice. |