Utraquist
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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 tried to obtain the Bohemian and Hungarian crowns; but Podiebrad, a Utraquist nobleman, was made king of Bohemia, and Matthias Corvinus succeeded Hunyady, his father, on the throne of Hungary.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
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
Of that Consistory the Administrator was a Utraquist Priest; the next in rank was a Brethren's Bishop; the total number of members was twelve; and of these twelve only three were Brethren.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
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 Spiegfried Kohn
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
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