Taborite

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[tey-buh-rahyt] / ˈteɪ bəˌraɪt /

noun

1. (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.

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Etymology

Origin of Taborite

1640–50; named after Tabor, city in Bohemia where the radical party of Hussites had its headquarters; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

From that moment the fate of the Taborite party was sealed.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund

These Chiliasts or Millenarians had for their leader Martin Huska, surnamed Loquis, on account of his eloquence, and numbered among them Coranda and other prominent Taborite priests.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

At first they seem to have been almost Catholics, but as the Hussite Wars went on they fell, it is said, under the influence of the Taborites, and adopted many radical Taborite opinions.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund

At Heilsbronn he was captured in a Hussite raid, when, carried to Mount Tabor, he recognized the practical identity of the faiths and received ordination at the hands of the Taborite Bishop Nicholas.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

It was impossible that harmony could be preserved between Taborite and Calixtin when there was so marked a divergence of religious conviction.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles