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 • 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

The Count Lewis de Zinzendorf, Chancellor of the Court, and Knight of the Golden Fleece, is the second Counsellor of the Conference.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von