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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Salem’s founding, and the Moravian Church, Old Salem, the city of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County are planning a yearlong celebration.

From Washington Times Feb. 27, 2016

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

From BBC Dec. 18, 2014

He was master of a Latin school in Moravia from the age of twenty-two to twenty-four, when he was ordained as a pastor of the Moravian Church.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

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