Taborite

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[tey-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

Example Sentences

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Taborite

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

At Heilsbronn he was captured in a Hussite raid, when, carried to Mount Tabor, he recognized the practical identity of the faiths and received ordination at the hands of the Taborite Bishop Nicholas.

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

At first they seem to have been almost Catholics, but as the Hussite Wars went on they fell, it is said, under the influence of the Taborites, and adopted many radical Taborite opinions.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton

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

From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton

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