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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Example Sentences

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

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

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

A colony of these people, fleeing from persecution in Moravia, settled at Herrnhut in 1722 on a site presented by Count Zinzendorf.

From Project Gutenberg

Count de Canes. ambassador of Maria Theresa, had some inclination for her, as well as the Count of Zinzendorf.

From Project Gutenberg