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Zwingli

[ zwing-glee, swing-; German tsving-lee ]

noun

  1. Ul·rich [ool, -, r, i, kh] or Hul·dreich [hool, -d, r, ahy, kh], 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.


Zwingli

/ ˈtsvɪŋli /

noun

  1. ZwingliUlrich or Huldreich14841531MSwissRELIGION: Reformation leader 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

In class, she read Catholic thinkers for the first time and reformers like Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli.

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

Thus in 1529, the German Prince Philip of Hesse saw potential in creating an alliance between the two Protestant leaders, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli, who were heading like-minded reform movements.

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At about the same time in Switzerland, Huldrych Zwingli launched a reform movement with a remarkably similar set of “Sixty-Seven Conclusions.”

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Or, in Chapter Eight, Zwingli’s Sausages, where Jones discusses the crucial importance of cooking in human evolution:

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