Bohemian Brethren

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a Christian denomination formed in Bohemia in 1467 from various Hussite groups, reorganized in 1722 as the Moravian Church.

---

Bohemian Brethren British  

plural noun

1. Also called: Unitas Fratrem.  a Protestant Christian sect formed in the 15th century from various Hussite groups, which rejected oaths and military service and advocated a pure and disciplined spiritual life. It was reorganized in 1722 as the Moravian Church

---

Example Sentences

The writings of the Bohemian Brethren, Thomas Prelavsky, Laurentius Krasonicky, and more especially of Lucas, belong partly to the former, partly to the present period.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

In 1497 the envoys from the Bohemian Brethren, Lucas and Thomas, found in Rome itself one of their faith, whom they bitterly reproached for concealing his belief.

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

Among these guests were two already mentioned, a leading religious light, John Augusta, Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren, and another less certain light, Kelly, the Irish alchemist.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville

Like the Bohemian Brethren they eagerly welcomed the Calvinists as allies and were rapidly enrolled in the new church.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

The most important of these, the so-called Bohemian Brethren, had extended into Poland and Prussia before Luther's time.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin