Taborite

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[tay-buh-rahyt] / ˈteɪ bəˌraɪt /

noun

1. (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.

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Etymology

Origin of Taborite

1640–50; named after Tabor, city in Bohemia where the radical party of Hussites had its headquarters; see -ite ¹

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Taborite

Taborite, tā′bor-īt, n. one of the more extreme party of the Hussites, as opposed to the Calixtines or Utraquists, so named from their headquarters being at Mount Tabor, 24 miles N.E. of Pisek.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The Hussite revolt against Rome speedily results in the Taborite revolt against society: Luther calls the Anabaptists into being.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

It was pervaded with the idea of equality in the spirit of the Taborite literature of the age, from which it took its origin.

From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax

Its emphatic decision in favor of the Calixtin doctrine broke up the Taborite organization.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

From that moment the fate of the Taborite party was sealed.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton

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