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Mennonite   /mˈɛnənˌaɪt/   Listen
Mennonite

noun
1.
A member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life.



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"Mennonite" Quotes from Famous Books



... The little "Mennonite Maid" who wanders through these pages is something quite new in fiction. Tillie is hungry for books and beauty and love; and she comes into her inheritance at the end. "Tillie is faulty, sensitive, big-hearted, ...
— Doctor Luke of the Labrador • Norman Duncan
... Mennonites and baptized by them, might be admitted to the Lord's Supper without rebaptism. The classis, by letter of December 16, 1661, ruled that according to the practice of the Dutch churches, his Mennonite baptism was to be regarded as sufficient. Michael Ziperius and his wife came from Curacao in 1659, hoping to receive a call in New Netherland. The ...
— Narrative of New Netherland • J. F. Jameson, Editor
... was a sweet-faced, frail little woman, a member of the Mennonite Church. She wore the plain garb adopted by the women of that sect—the tight-fitting waist covered by a pointed shoulder cape, the full skirt and the white cap upon smoothly combed, parted hair. Her red-haired ...
— Amanda - A Daughter of the Mennonites • Anna Balmer Myers


Words linked to "Mennonite" :   Anabaptist, Amish


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