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.

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noun

1. a follower of Zwingli.

Zwinglian British  

/ ˈzwɪŋɡlɪən, ˈswɪŋɡ-, ˈtsvɪŋ- /

noun

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

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adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• Zwinglianism
  noun
• Zwinglianist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Zwinglian

First recorded in 1525–35; Zwingli + -an

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Example Sentences

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Zwinglian

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 Preserved Smith

The Zwinglian schism, the rise of the Anabaptists, and the Peasants' War altered the aspect of affairs.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

Confessions, two confessions of faith drawn up by the Swiss theologians in 1536 and 1566, in substance Protestant, Evangelical, moderately Calvinistic, and Zwinglian.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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

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

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