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Herrnhuter

[hairn-hoo-ter, hern-]
noun
  1. Moravian(def 4).
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Origin of Herrnhuter

< German, equivalent to Herrnhut literally, Lord's safekeeping, a town near Dresden, Germany + -er -er1
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Historical Examples

  • He should be glad to believe that the Herrnhuter was his grandfather or great-grandfather.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873

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  • His recollections of his instruction among the Herrnhuter are full of beauty and pathos.