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

The leading Reformers—Luther, Zwingli, Melancthon—frequently expressed themselves against the prevailing view of the manifold sense of Scripture, and in particular questioned the legitimacy of allegorical interpretation—except for purposes of popular and practical exposition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various