Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Moravia.
- noun A group of Czech dialects spoken in Moravia.
- noun A member of a Protestant denomination founded in Saxony in 1722 by Hussite emigrants from Moravia.
- adjective Of or relating to Moravia or its people, dialects, or culture.
- adjective Of or relating to the Moravian denomination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Of or pertaining to Moray; an inhabitant of Moray.
- Pertaining to Moravia or the Moravians.
- Pertaining to the religious denomination of the Moravians.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Moravia, a crownland of the Cisleithan division of Austria-Hungary, lying southeast of Bohemia. The Moravians are Slavs in race and language, closely allied to the Czechs.
- noun A member of the Christian denomination entitled the Unitas Fratrum or United Brethren, which traces its origin to John Huss.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See
Moravian , n. - noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reëstablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also
Herrnhuter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to,
Moravia or its people or culture. - adjective Of, or pertaining to, the Moravian Church or its members.
- noun historical A person from
Moravia . - noun A member of the Moravian Church.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia
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Examples
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT has selected six children to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn, '' Morning Star, '' at the
unknown title 2009
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT has selected six children to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn, '' Morning Star, '' at the
unknown title 2009
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT has selected six children to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn, '' Morning Star, '' at the
unknown title 2009
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT has selected six children to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn, '' Morning Star, '' at the
unknown title 2009
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT has selected six children to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn, '' Morning Star, '' at the
unknown title 2009
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Canady, end founded what they call the Moravian Towns thar; and thar they is still -- fur them Britishers kind
Tecumseh : a Drama Charles Mair 1882
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I used to have a typeface called Moravian – decorative, rather than practical – that I used for party invitations, but I lost it somewhere between hard drive crashes.
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It is now scarcely known that one company of Montgomery's Highlanders took part in the attempted expatriation of the Christian Indians -- better known as Moravian Indians -- in Pennsylvania.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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He was born in Moravia, and belonged to the Protestant body known as the Moravian
History of Education Levi Seeley 1887
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"This year I am doing some folded papers that are called Moravian stars," Spangler said.
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