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 further granted to the Protestant estates the control over the university of Prague, and authorized them to elect the members of the Utraquist consistory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
The eloquence of the pulpit acquired a high degree of cultivation; and besides the two Utraquist preachers mentioned above, many other names were celebrated among them.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
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
De Schweinitz says that Augusta betrayed his Brethren, and that when he called himself a Utraquist he was playing with words.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
And so, by the advice of Utraquist priests, this ardent young man joined the ranks of the Brethren, was probably trained in the Brethren's House at Jungbunzlau, and was soon ordained as a minister.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
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