Melanchthon

[ muh-langk-thuhn; German mey-lahnkh-tawn ]

/ məˈlæŋk θən; German meɪˈlɑnx tɔn /

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noun

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[fil-ip; German fee-lip], /ˈfɪl ɪp; German ˈfi lɪp/, Philipp Schwarzert, 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.

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melancholia, melancholia attonita, melancholiac, melancholic, melancholy, Melanchthon, melanedema, Melanesia, Melanesian, Melanesian Pidgin English, mélange

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How to use Melanchthon in a sentence

He was a friend of Melanchthon and Erasmus, was with the latter when he died, and became possessed of his library.
Milton's England|Lucia Ames Mead
Among his opponents at the Diet were Bucer and Melanchthon; the discussion, as usual, led to no result.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
He then returned to Cologne, where he again met Bucer and Melanchthon, who were endeavoring to induce the bishop to apostatize.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
It would be interesting to discover how much of Luther is Melanchthon.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Jeremiah|William Henry Bennett

This letter is doubtless one of the first addressed by Calvin to Melanchthon.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4)|Jules Bonnet

British Dictionary definitions for Melanchthon

Melanchthon

/ (məˈlæŋkθən, German meˈlançtɔn) /

noun

Philipp (ˈfiːlɪp). original surname Schwarzerd. 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer. His Loci Communes (1521) was the first systematic presentation of Protestant theology and in the Augsburg Confession (1530) he stated the faith of the Lutheran churches. He also reformed the German educational system

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