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語源

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, +‎ -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

発音

• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/

名詞

Mennonite (plural Mennonites)

1. A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.

同意語

• Mennist (historical)
• Mennonist
• Menno (informal term for a Mennonite; also male given name)

派生語

形容詞

Mennonite (comparative more Mennonite, superlative most Mennonite)

1. Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).

参考

• Amish (longer form: Amish Mennonite)
• Anabaptism
• Hutterite