单词 | waterlandian |
释义 | Waterlandiann.adj. A. n. A member of a Mennonite sect associated with the area of Waterland, in the north-western Netherlands; see Waterlander n. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Waterlander > [noun] Waterlandian1758 Waterlander1771 1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 367 Many disapproved this doctrine and practice, who were called afterwards Franekerans and Waterlandians. 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. II. 547 The more moderate..Anabaptists, are composed of certain inhabitants of Waterland, Flanders, Friesland, and Germany, who..commonly pass under the denomination of Waterlandians. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 96/2 The followers of Menno very soon split into two sects, the Flemings and the Waterlandians, so called from the countries in which they arose. 1862 J. Eadie Eccl. Cycl. 659/1 Waterlandians, a large sect of Anabaptists or Mennonites in Holland, named after a district in that country. 1942 J. Horsch Mennonites in Europe xxviii. 236 The points of difference between the main body of the Mennonites and the Waterlandians were entirely secondary. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Waterlandians. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Waterlander > [adjective] Waterlandish1762 Waterlandian1765 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. II. 547 One of these Waterlandian sects was divided, in the year 1664, into two factions. 1834 T. A. Trollope Encycl. Ecclesiastica I. 114 Apostoolians, a branch of the Waterlandian sect of Anabaptists. 1873 W. B. Pope tr. G. B. Winer Compar. View Doctr. & Confessions Christendom 30 The common faith of the Waterlandian congregations. 1938 Mennonite Q. Rev. Jan. 15 Hans de Ries..later became the most influential leader of the Waterlandian Mennonites. 2006 K. Koop Confessions Faith Anabaptist Trad. ix. 136 In typical Waterlandian fashion, the confession stresses the importance of love in the context of church discipline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1758 |
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