Mennonites are members of a Protestant sect within the Christian church who do not baptize their children and who are opposed to military service.
2. adjective
Mennonite means relating to the religious beliefs or practices of Mennonites.
...Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite communities.
Mennonite in British English
(ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt)
noun
a member of a Protestant sect that rejects infant baptism, Church organization, and the doctrine of transubstantiation and in most cases refuses military service, public office, and the taking of oaths
Derived forms
Mennonitism (ˈMennoˌnitism)
noun
Word origin
C16: from German Mennonit, after Menno Simons (1496–1561), Frisian religious leader
Mennonite in American English
(ˈmɛnənˌaɪt)
noun
1.
a member of a Protestant denomination, Anabaptist in origins, founded in the Netherlands in the 16th cent.: Mennonites favor plain dress and oppose military service and the holding of public office
see also Amish
adjective
2.
of or designating this denomination
Word origin
after Menno Simons (c. 1496-1561), a Du reformer
Examples of 'Mennonite' in a sentence
Mennonite
Rhonda replied, "But he said he isn't a member of the Mennonite Church anymore, doesn't attend, and hasn't in a long time.