English Explanatory Dictionary

Mennonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mennonite.wav

Word forms

Mennonite Mennonites more Mennonite most Mennonite

Etymology

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

Synonyms

Mennist Mennonist Menno

Related words

Amish Anabaptism Hutterite

Derived words

Amish Mennonite anti-Mennonite ex-Mennonite German Mennonite Mennonite German Mennonite Low German Mennonitic Mennonitish Mennonitism non-Mennonite pro-Mennonite pseudo-Mennonite quasi-Mennonite Russian Mennonite semi-Mennonite
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