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  

/ ˈswɪŋɡ-, ˈzwɪŋɡlɪən, 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

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

Switzerland was divided, the towns becoming Protestant on the Zwinglian type, the country people remaining Catholic, especially in the central cantons.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

At the beginning of the next year he published a 'Letter to those at Frankfort-on-the-Main,' in order to counteract the Zwinglian doctrines and agitations there prevailing.

From Life of Luther by Koestlin, Julius

Other Lutheran Formularies.—For the purpose of classification it will be convenient to discuss Lutheran, Zwinglian and Calvinistic confessions separately.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

In 1557 the Zwinglian leader M. Schenck wrote to Thomas Blaurer that the error of the papists was rather to be borne than that of the Saxons.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved