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☆ Am·ish (äm′is̸h, am′-, ām′-)

the members of a Christian sect that separated from the Mennonites in the 17th cent.: in the U.S. since the 18th cent., the Amish favor plain dress and plain living, with little reliance on modern conveniences, in a chiefly agrarian society

Etymology: after Jacob Ammann (or Amen), the founder

adjective

designating or of this sect

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