Mennonite

mennonite English Etymology Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, en ite. Menno's own name is of en fy - origin and was originally spelled fy Minne (compare the name en Mein, itself ultimately related to gmw-pro *magan to be able). Pronunciation en /ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/ GA,CA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mennonite.wav Southern England Noun A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology. Synonyms en Mennist historical en Mennonist en Menno informal term for a Mennonite; also male given name Derived terms en Amish Mennonite anti-Mennonite ex-Mennonite German Mennonite Mennonite German Mennonite Low German Mennonitic Mennonitish Mennonitism non-Mennonite pro-Mennonite pseudo-Mennonite quasi-Mennonite semi-Mennonite Russian Mennonite Translations member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 門諾派信徒 Ménnuòpài xìntú, cmn 門諾派教徒 Ménnuòpài jiàotú Dutch: nl menist m, nl mennoniet m Esperanto: eo menonito Finnish: fi mennoniitta French: fr mennonite m f, fr mennoniste m f older term not used by today's Mennonites German: de Mennonit m, de Mennonitin f, de Mennonist m, de Mennonistin f Interlingua: ia mennonita Italian: it mennonita m f Japanese: ja メノナイト menonaito Kazakh: kk меннонит Korean: ko 메노나이트 Low German: nds Menist, nds Manist; nds Ministen plural; East Frisian Portuguese: pt menonita m f, pt menonista m f Spanish: es menonita m f, es menonista m f Adjective Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es). Translations of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es) Dutch: nl mennonietisch Finnish: fi mennoniitta mennoniitta- French: fr mennonite German: de mennonitisch, de Mennoniten- in compounds Italian: it mennonita Portuguese: pt menonita, pt menonista Spanish: es menonita, es menonista Turkish: tr See also en Amish (longer form: en Amish Mennonite) en Anabaptism en Hutterite en eponyms en People Protestantism