Hussite
noun
a member of the religious reformist and nationalistic movement initiated by John Huss in Bohemia in the late 14th century.
Hussitism
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a word derived from
Hussite.
Example Sentences
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The relations between Bohemia and Hungary had long been close, and Hussitism had spread widely throughout the latter kingdom as well as in the Slavic territories to the south.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
The embers of Hussitism were not extinct in the region of which Bohemia was the centre.
From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
From this time forward the attention of the Church was mainly directed to Hussitism, the most formidable enemy that it had encountered since the Catharism of the twelfth century.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
Driven out of Hungary, in 1410, he was arrested and thrown in prison in Vienna, by the papal inquisitor and episcopal official, for teaching Hussitism and infecting with it the university of that city.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
Hussitism, moreover, was spreading into the neighboring lands, especially to the south and east, requiring, as we shall see hereafter, the strenuous efforts of the Inquisition to eradicate it from Hungary and the Danubian provinces.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
