Moravian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Moravian in British English:
UK [məˈreivjən]
How to pronounce Moravian in American English:
US [məˈreviən]
Word Origin
- Moravian
- 1550s (n.); 1610s (adj.), from Moravia. From 1746, in reference to the Protestant sect founded in the former German state of Moravia (now in Czech Republic). Related: Moravianism.
Example
- 1. The moravian church is a protestant communion closely linked to lutheranism .
- 2. A proto-slovak state known as the nitrian principality arose in the 8th century and became part of the core of great moravian empire in 833 .
- 3. Arash naraghi , an iranian academic at moravian college in pennsylvania , suggests that the verses decrying homosexuality , like those referring to slavery and ptolemaic cosmology , stem from common beliefs at the time of writing , and should be re-examined .