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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.


Zinzendorf British  
/ ˈtsɪntsəndɔrf /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Three doors above stood until 1904 the Ashmead House, used for a time by Count Nicholas Lewis Zinzendorf and his daughters for their Moravian school, which was removed to Bethlehem.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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