Zwinglian

American  

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

adjective

1. of or relating to Ulrich Zwingli or his doctrines, largely agreeing with those of Luther and offering a distinctive interpretation of the Lord's Supper.

---

noun

1. a follower of Zwingli.

Zwinglian British  

/ ˈswɪŋɡ-, ˈzwɪŋɡlɪən, ˈtsvɪŋ- /

noun

1. an upholder of the religious doctrines or movement of Zwingli

---

adjective

1. of or relating to Zwingli, his religious movement, or his doctrines, esp his interpretation of the Eucharist

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Zwinglianism
  noun
• Zwinglianist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Zwinglian

First recorded in 1525–35; Zwingli + -an

Example Sentences

Fuseli was not a painter when he went to England in 1764, but a young Zwinglian minister whose liberal ideas had driven him out of Zurich.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is simply a conversation between a Jew, a Mohammedan, a Lutheran, a Zwinglian, a Catholic, an Epicurean and a Theist.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

"I should love thee, Jewel, wert thou not a Zwinglian," cries one.

From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by Presland, John

There were many whose teaching was impugned, for it was really Calvinist or Zwinglian, and not Anglican.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

Hooper was the first of the bishops to suffer because his Zwinglian views placed him further beyond the pale than Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various