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

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

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

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

I know how people talk about the bare, bald, Zwinglian ideas of the Communion.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Maclaren, Alexander

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

The last is a philosophy of naturalism in the form of a conversation between seven learned men—a Jew, a Mahommedan, a Lutheran, a Zwinglian, a Roman Catholic, an Epicurean and a Theist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various