| 单词 | bohemian brethren |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBohemian Brethren Bohemian Brethren n. Christian Church (now historical) a Hussite sect founded in the 15th cent. and based primarily in Bohemia and Moravia; cf. sense B. 1b, Hussite n.The sect was reorganized in 1722 as the Moravian Church (see Moravian adj.1 2). See also United Brethren n. at united adj. and n. Compounds, the Unity of the Brethren at unity n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1650 tr. J. A. Comenius et al. Hist. Bohemian Persecution cv. 349 The monastery which the Bohemian Brethren [L. Fratres Bohemi] for a long time possessed was restored to the Monkes. 1881 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 9 144 Sectarianism was now spreading rapidly in Moravia, and, in particular, the Bohemian Brethren,..the ancestors of the present ‘Moravian’ Church, were daily increasing. 2011 O. P. Grell Brethren in Christ v. 239 The Bohemian Brethren..had been forced to leave Bohemia for the sake of their religion. < as lemmas |
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