Mennonite

n. 门诺派教徒

发音

CA /ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/
其它
US /ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/

词形变化

Mennonites 复数 Mennonites more Mennonite 比较级 most Mennonite 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

Anabaptist

下位词 1

Amish

相关短语

Mennonite Low German

词源

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

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