Moravian
Americanadjective
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pertaining to Moravia or its inhabitants.
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of or relating to the religious denomination of Moravians.
adjective
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of or relating to Moravia, its people, or their dialect of Czech
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of or relating to the Moravian Church
noun
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the Moravian dialect
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a native or inhabitant of Moravia
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a member of the Moravian Church
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Etymology
Origin of Moravian
Example Sentences
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But the denomination’s annual tradition dates to 1732 in Herrnhut, Germany, where Moravian refugees of religious persecution fled to and established the original Renewed Moravian Church settlement, according to accounts of church history.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Doris Schattschneider, a retired mathematician affiliated with Moravian University with expertise in tessellations, had been skeptical about the likelihood of a true einstein ever being discovered.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023
Doris Schattschneider, a mathematician at Moravian University, said, “This is more what I would have expected of an aperiodic monotile.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Son of a Slovak coachman and a Moravian cook who both served the imperial court, the young Masaryk - like Filip - was equally at home on both sides of the river.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
As fighting continued, in 1781 in eastern Ohio, British troops displaced residents of the Moravian villages.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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