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Brewer's: Mennonites
(3 syl.). The followers of Simons Menno, a native of Friesland, who modified the fanatical views of the Anabaptists. (1496-1561.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Mennonites
(Encyclopedia) MennonitesMennonitesmĕnˈnənīts [key], descendants of the Dutch and Swiss evangelical Anabaptists of the 16th cent. The name Mennonite is derived from Menno Simons (c.1496–1561),…Amish Church
(Encyclopedia) Amish Church: see Mennonites.Hutterian Brethren
(Encyclopedia) Hutterian BrethrenHutterian Brethrenhətērˈēən [key], a body of Christians practicing strict communism based on religious principles. The Brethren are descendants of those Moravian…Kitchener
(Encyclopedia) Kitchener, city (1991 pop. 168,282), Regional Municipality of Waterloo, S Ont., Canada, in the Grand River valley. Settled largely by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in 1806, it was known…Wisconsin v. Yoder
(Encyclopedia) Wisconsin v. Yoder, case decided in 1972 by the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that Amish children could be exempted from compulsory school-attendance beyond the 8th grade; the Amish (…Waterloo, cities, Canada
(Encyclopedia) WaterlooWaterloowôtərl&oomacr;ˈ [key]. 1 City (1991 pop. 71,181), SE Ont., Canada. It adjoins Kitchener. Several large insurance companies have their main offices there, and the…River Brethren
(Encyclopedia) River Brethren, name used to designate certain Christian bodies originating in 1770, during a revival movement among German settlers in E Pennsylvania. In the 1750s, Mennonite refugees…Menno Simons
(Encyclopedia) Menno SimonsMenno Simonsmĕnˈō sēˈmōns [key], 1496?–1561, Dutch religious reformer. The name of the Mennonites was derived from his name, although he was not the actual founder of the…Pennsylvania Dutch
(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania Dutch [Ger. Deutsch=German], people of E Pennsylvania of German descent who migrated to the area in the 18th cent., particularly those in Northampton, Berks, Lancaster,…Trending
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