Amanist
noun
Aman·ist
əˈmanə̇st
plural -s
: a member of the religious communal Amana Society organized in Germany in 1714, located at Amana, Iowa, in 1855, and known to the members as the Community of True Inspiration
Word History
Etymology
Amana Society (probably translation of German Amana-Gesellschaft, from Amana, biblical name—Song of Solomon 4:8—for a range of the Lebanon mountains) + English -ist
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above