"Mennonite" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Mennonite [comparative], most Mennonite [superlative]
Etymology: Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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). Related terms: Amish (english: longer form: Amish Mennonite), Anabaptism, Hutterite Translations (of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)): mennoniitta- (Finnish), mennonite (French), mennonitisch (German), Mennoniten- [in-compounds] (German), mennonita (Italian), menonita (Portuguese), menonista (Portuguese), menonita (Spanish), menonista (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mennonite-en-adj-zye81vzD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Noun

Forms: Mennonites [plural]
Etymology: Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): People, Protestantism Synonyms: Mennist [historical], Mennonist, Menno (english: informal term for a Mennonite; also male given name) Translations (member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition): mennoniitta (Finnish), mennonite [feminine, masculine] (French), mennoniste (note: older term not used by today's Mennonites) [feminine, masculine] (French), Mennonit [masculine] (German), Mennonitin [feminine] (German), Mennonist [masculine] (German), Mennonistin [feminine] (German), mennonita [feminine, masculine] (Italian), メノナイト (menonaito) (Japanese), 메노나이트 (menonaiteu) (Korean), Menist (Low German), Manist (Low German), Ministen [East-Frisian, plural] (Low German), menonita [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), menonista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), menonita [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), menonista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mennonite-en-noun-LtHgiT3q Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Disambiguation of Protestantism: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 39 61 Derived forms: Amish Mennonite, anti-Mennonite, ex-Mennonite, German Mennonite, Mennonite German, Mennonite Low German, Mennonitic, Mennonitish, Mennonitism, non-Mennonite, pro-Mennonite, pseudo-Mennonite, quasi-Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, semi-Mennonite

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most Mennonite",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Mennonite (comparative more Mennonite, superlative most Mennonite)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "longer form: Amish Mennonite",
      "word": "Amish"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anabaptism"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hutterite"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "mennoniitta-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "mennonite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "mennonitisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ],
      "word": "Mennoniten-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "mennonita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "menonita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "menonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "menonita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)",
      "word": "menonista"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Menno Simons",
    "Mennonite"
  ],
  "word": "Mennonite"
}

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