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单词 Mennonite
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Definition of Mennonite in English:

Mennonite

noun ˈmɛnənʌɪtˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
  • A member of a Protestant sect originating in Friesland in the 16th century and now mainly located in the US and Canada, emphasizing adult baptism and rejecting Church organization, military service, and public office.

    (主要为美国和加拿大的)门诺派信徒(16世纪起源于弗里斯兰的基督教新派教徒,主张成人洗礼,反对天主教等级制度、服兵役和担任公职)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the late nineteenth century many Mennonite congregations - influenced by the Dutch Mennonites, American Protestantism, and American secular culture - gave up the older traditions.
    • Other Protestants were respondents who could not be coded as evangelical or mainline Protestants, such as Mennonites and Christian churches.
    • Founded in 1984, by three traditionally pacifist churches, the Mennonites, Brethren and Quakers, the Christian Peacemaker Teams claim that they are reducing violence in the world ‘by getting in the way’.
    • The author of this article was a member of this group, among which were members of other churches such as Mennonites and student groups at the University Christian Union.
    • Baptists shared these characteristics with Free Churches, Mennonites, Assemblies of God, Brethen, Salvation Army, and others.
    Synonyms
    nonconformist, protestant, freethinker, recusant

Origin

From the name of its founder, Menno Simons (1496–1561), + -ite1.

Definition of Mennonite in US English:

Mennonite

nounˈmɛnəˌnaɪtˈmenəˌnīt
  • (chiefly in the US and Canada) a member of a Protestant sect originating in Friesland in the 16th century, emphasizing adult baptism and rejecting church organization, military service, and public office.

    (主要为美国和加拿大的)门诺派信徒(16世纪起源于弗里斯兰的基督教新派教徒,主张成人洗礼,反对天主教等级制度、服兵役和担任公职)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Baptists shared these characteristics with Free Churches, Mennonites, Assemblies of God, Brethen, Salvation Army, and others.
    • In the late nineteenth century many Mennonite congregations - influenced by the Dutch Mennonites, American Protestantism, and American secular culture - gave up the older traditions.
    • The author of this article was a member of this group, among which were members of other churches such as Mennonites and student groups at the University Christian Union.
    • Other Protestants were respondents who could not be coded as evangelical or mainline Protestants, such as Mennonites and Christian churches.
    • Founded in 1984, by three traditionally pacifist churches, the Mennonites, Brethren and Quakers, the Christian Peacemaker Teams claim that they are reducing violence in the world ‘by getting in the way’.
    Synonyms
    nonconformist, protestant, freethinker, recusant

Origin

From the name of its founder, Menno Simons (1496–1561), + -ite.

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