Utraquist
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Utraquist
1830–40; < New Latin Utraquista, equivalent to Latin utrāque (ablative singular feminine of uterque each of two, equivalent to uter either + -que and) + New Latin -ista -ist
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He issued an order that all his subjects were to join either the Utraquist or the Roman Catholic Church.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
For nearly two hundred years after this these "Compactata" were regarded as the law of the land; and the Utraquist Church was recognised by the Pope as the national self-governing Church of Bohemia.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
This was a direct infringement of the agreement concluded by the Romanist and Utraquist estates on the day on which King Rudolph had signed the Letter of Majesty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
They had settled on a Utraquist estate; they were under the protection of a Utraquist King; they attended services conducted by Utraquist priests.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
By April 3 the citizens of Utraquist Prague had bound themselves by a solemn oath with the Taborites to defend themselves against him to the last, and were busy in preparations to sustain a siege.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
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