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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Herrnhuter. So called from the settlement of Herrnhut (= the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.
Noun
Herrnhuter (plural Herrnhuters)
- (historical) A member of the Moravian Church.
References
German
Noun
Herrnhuter m (strong, genitive Herrnhuters, plural Herrnhuter, feminine Herrnhuterin)
- (Christianity) Herrnhuter (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
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