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Mennonite
[ men-uh-nahyt ]
noun
- a member of an evangelical Protestant sect, originating in Europe in the 16th century, that opposes infant baptism, practices baptism of believers only, restricts marriage to members of the denomination, opposes war and bearing arms, and is noted for simplicity of living and plain dress.
Mennonite
/ ˈɛəˌԲɪ /
noun
- a member of a Protestant sect that rejects infant baptism, Church organization, and the doctrine of transubstantiation and in most cases refuses military service, public office, and the taking of oaths
Derived Forms
- ˈѱԲԴˌԾپ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ѱn·Ծ· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Mennonite1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Mennonite1
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Example Sentences
On an unusually crisp April day in a rural Texas town, dozens of Mennonite community members gathered alongside the nation's top health official, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to mourn an eight-year-old.
Kennedy continued the message by arguing that the Mennonites who refuse vaccination are "resilient, hardworking, resourceful, and God-loving people," with the unsubtle implication that people who do vaccinate are less virtuous.
In February, a six-year-old girl in the local Mennonite community who was not vaccinated against the virus was the first child to die of measles in the US in a decade.
CBS reports that the area is home to a large Mennonite community, which typically have low vaccination rates due to the group's religious beliefs.
Mennonites are pious Christians who eschew much of the modern world.
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