Huguenotism


Hu·gue·not

H0316100 (hyo͞o′gə-nŏt′)n. A French Protestant of the 16th to 18th centuries.
[French, from Old French huguenot, member of a Swiss political movement, alteration (influenced by Bezanson Hugues (c. 1491-1532?), Swiss political leader) of dialectal eyguenot, from German dialectal Eidgenosse, confederate, from Middle High German eitgenōz : eit, oath (from Old High German eid) + genōz, companion (from Old High German ginōz).]
Hu′gue·not′ic adj.Hu′gue·not′ism n.

Huguenotism

the doctrines and practices of the Calvinistic communion in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. — Huguenot, n. — Huguenotic, adj.See also: Protestantism