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omish |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amish \Am"ish\, n. pl [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.) The Amish Mennonites. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amish \Am"ish\, a. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.) Of pertaining to or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as ``worldly conformity''. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.
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