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; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

In March the surrender of the Taborite stronghold of Konigingrätz filled the Hussites with consternation.

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

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 Lea, Henry Charles

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

These Chiliasts or Millenarians had for their leader Martin Huska, surnamed Loquis, on account of his eloquence, and numbered among them Coranda and other prominent Taborite priests.

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

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

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund