Utraquist

American  

[yoo-truh-kwist] / ˈyu trə kwɪst /

noun

1. Calixtine.

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Other Word Forms

• Utraquism noun

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

Example Sentences

"Yes, the Jesuits! the Jesuits!" exclaimed Schindel, and for a while was silent; then looking sadly at Tausdorf, he continued--"So, you are no thorough-paced Lutheran, Herr von Tausdorf?--only a Utraquist?"

From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Velde, Carl Franz van der

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 Lea, Henry Charles

For two more years he waited in despair, and then he was brought to the White Tower again, and visited by two Utraquist Priests, Mystopol and Martin.

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

Name, rank and belief are indifferent to him; Mannsfield asks no questions whether a man is a Reformer, Utraquist or Lutheran, whether gentleman or knight, burgher or peasant, German or Bohemian?

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

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 Hutton, Joseph Edmund