Zinzendorf

American  

[tsin-tsuhn-dawrf] / ˈtsɪn tsənˌdɔrf /

noun

1. Count Nikolaus Ludwig von 1700–60, German religious leader: reformer and organizer of the Moravian Church.

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Zinzendorf British  

/ ˈtsɪntsəndɔrf /

noun

1. Count Nikolaus Ludwig von (ˈniːkolaus ˈluːtvɪç fɔn). 1700–60, German religious reformer, who organized the Moravian Church

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Zinzendorf

Its list of important people began with the Old Testament’s Aaron and ended with the 18th century religious figure Nicolaus Zinzendorf.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2020

Its list of important people began with the Old Testament’s Aaron and ended with the 18th-century religious figure Nicolaus Zinzendorf.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2020

I was the son of a Protestant pastor, and Protestant eastern Germany, the land of Luther and Bach and Zinzendorf, was my Germany just as much as the Catholic Rhineland was.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 3, 2019

They once owned a tea room called Zinzendorf’s, named for Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf because, as Don put it, “Oh, honey, the Moravian movement.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2019

No name had yet been given to the settlement, but on Christmas Eve, after Zinzendorf had celebrated the Holy Communion in the building, the only fitting name suggested itself.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris