Definitions for Moravian

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Moravian Mo·ra·vi·an

Spelling: [maw-rey-vee-uh n, moh-]

IPA: /mɔˈreɪ vi ən, moʊ-/

Moravian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in Moravian (aaimnorv).

Definitions for Moravian

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Moravia.
2. Also called Herrnhuter. a member of a Christian denomination descended from the Bohemian Brethren and holding that the Scriptures are the only rule of faith and practice.
3. a dialect of Czech spoken in Moravia.

adjective

1. pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
2. of or relating to the religious denomination of Moravians.

Origin of Moravian

First recorded in 1545-55; Moravi(a) + -an

Examples for Moravian

A like meteor was observed at Greenland by the Moravian brothers in 1799.

For the present, he said, the home of this ideal "Gemeine" would be the Moravian Church.

He drew the second slip of paper, and the Moravian Church was saved.

Moravian settlers in NC were the first Americans to officially celebrate the 4th of July.

There, he was told, the Moravian refugees had built the first house on his estate.

This, of course, is the visible result of the century of Moravian labors.

On board were the superintendent of the Moravian Missions and his wife.

That, plus the Moravian fondness for documenting everything, gives Salem its claim to the first-ever Fourth of July celebration.

Amid these charred and smoking ruins the Moravian Church arose.

For that judgment Moravian writers have largely been to blame.