Luther

[ loo-ther; German loot-uhr ]

/ ˈlu θər; German ˈlʊt ər /

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noun

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[mahr-tn; German mahr-teen], /ˈmɑr tn; German ˈmɑr tin/, 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “famous” and “army.”

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How to use Luther in a sentence

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The main entrance is in the centre of the St. Martin's Lane front, and consists of a central roadway for carts and wagons, 15ft.
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The old Wesleyan chapel, in Martin Street, was fitted up for schools in 1865.
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She lived in some big town out West, and when her mother died there was no one left to her but Luther Warden, her uncle.
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A hundred years back, meetings of the inhabitants were called by the tolling of one of St. Martin's bells.
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Sur quoy ledit Martin ayant dit qu'il avoit donc peur d'eux, il fut en danger de voir par effet que sa conclusion estoit fausse.
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British Dictionary definitions for Luther

Luther

/ (ˈluːθə) /

noun

Martin. 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation. As professor of biblical theology at Wittenberg University from 1511, he began preaching the crucial doctrine of justification by faith rather than by works, and in 1517 he nailed 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, attacking Tetzel's sale of indulgences. He was excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms (1521) as a result of his refusal to recant, but he was protected in Wartburg Castle by Frederick III of Saxony (1521–22). He translated the Bible into German (1521–34) and approved Melanchthon's Augsburg Confession (1530), defining the basic tenets of Lutheranism

Derived forms of Luther

Lutherism, noun

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