Moravian Church

British  

noun

1. a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church

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Example Sentences

But the denomination’s annual tradition dates to 1732 in Herrnhut, Germany, where Moravian refugees of religious persecution fled to and established the original Renewed Moravian Church settlement, according to accounts of church history.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

He taught kids to box on the fifth floor of Third Moravian Church in Harlem, and developed a reputation for building character.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021

Today, whites make up less than 10 percent of the worldwide Moravian Church, thanks to centuries of missionary work in Africa, the Caribbean and South America.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2015

He started the tradition in 1747 in his Moravian Church congregation.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2014

We now proceeded round a bay which I named Latrobe in honor of the late Governor of Victoria, and of his brother, the head of the Moravian Church in London, both esteemed friends of Franklin.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold