Zwingli

American  

[zwing-glee, swing-, tsving-lee] / ˈzwɪŋ gli, ˈswɪŋ-, ˈtsvɪŋ li /

noun

1. Ulrich or Huldreich 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.

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Zwingli British  

/ ˈtsvɪŋli /

noun

1. Ulrich (ˈʊlrɪç) or Huldreich (ˈhʊltraiç). 1484–1531, Swiss leader of the Reformation, based in Zurich. He denied the Eucharistic presence, holding that the Communion was merely a commemoration of Christ's death

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Example Sentences

Finding Zwingli too slow in reforming the Christian community in Zurich, however, Grebel established his own religious movement in 1524, the Swiss Brethren.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

During the Reformation, both Calvin and Zwingli turned to his writings for inspiration.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

In 1529, the German Prince Philip of Hesse saw potential in creating an alliance between Luther and Zwingli, realizing the strength of a united Protestant front to fight the entrenched elite.

From Forbes • Sep. 26, 2014

And in 2006, he went back to his beginnings with a commission for stained-glass window design from the Grossmünster cathedral in Zurich, home church to Huldrych Zwingli, an iconoclastic force in the Protestant Reformation.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2014

Zwingli, the Zürich reformer, was of a different type from Calvin, while he was even more opposed to Luther than was the Genevan.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Dobschutz, Ernst Von