Herrnhuter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Herrnhuter
< German, equivalent to Herrnhut literally, Lord's safekeeping, a town near Dresden, Germany + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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Visitors can visit the manufacturer, Herrnhuter Sterne, to see how the stars are made.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2015
Herrnhuter, hern′hut-ėr, n. one of the Moravians or United Brethren, so called from their settlement in 1722 at Herrnhut in Saxony.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Philo's parents had been in connection with the Herrnhuter Community: in his library were many writings of Count Zinzendorf's.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
His recollections of his instruction among the Herrnhuter are full of beauty and pathos.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
But, alas! it was merely in externals that the gentleman had split with the Community: in his heart he was yet entirely a Herrnhuter.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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