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mennonite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mennonist  \Men"non*ist\,  Mennonite  \Men"non*ite\,  n.  (Eccl. 
  Hist.) 
  One  of  a  small  denomination  of  Christians,  so  called  from 
  Menno  Simons  of  Friesland,  their  founder.  They  believe  that 
  the  New  Testament  is  the  only  rule  of  faith,  that  there  is  no 
  original  sin,  that  infants  should  not  be  baptized,  and  that 
  Christians  ought  not  to  take  oath,  hold  office,  or  render 
  military  service. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mennonite 
  n  :  a  member  of  an  Anabaptist  movement  in  Holland  noted  for  its 
  simplicity  of  life  [syn:  {Mennonite}] 




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