Herrnhutern.
One of the sect of ‘United Brethren’ or Moravians.
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Moravian1737
Herrnhuter1748
1748 Whitehall Evening-post 24–27 Dec. An Edict is published against the Moravian Brethren, or..Herrenhutters.
1753 Scots Mag. May 212/1 Between this wood and the town or village is an hill called Huthberg, i.e. Townguard Hill. This gave occasion to the colonists to call themselves Huth des Herrn, and afterwards Herrnhuth, i.e. the guard or protection of the Lord.]
1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 161 Thou hast heard the lowing heifers On some good Herrnhuter's farm [in S. Africa].
1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 189 His spiritual songs..now stand in the hymn-book of the Herrnhuters.
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ˈHerrnhutism n.
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Herrnhutism1753
Moravianism1810
Herrnhutenism1879
Herrnhutianism1883
1753 Scots Mag. May 212/1 Herrnhutism does indeed..appear to be..essentially evil.
Herrnˈhutenism n.
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Herrnhutism1753
Moravianism1810
Herrnhutenism1879
Herrnhutianism1883
1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 188 Pietism of mystic tendency culminated in Count..Zinzendorf..and Herrnhutenism.
Herrnˈhutianism n. Moravianism.
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Herrnhutism1753
Moravianism1810
Herrnhutenism1879
Herrnhutianism1883
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1604 Mysticism entered into various combinations with Pietism, Herrnhutianism [etc.].
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