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Mennonite definition

Men·non·ite (men′ən īt′)

noun

a member of a Protestant denomination, Anabaptist in origins, founded in the Netherlands in the 16th cent.: Mennonites favor plain dress and oppose military service and the holding of public office

Etymology: after Menno Simons (c. 1496-1561), a Du reformer

adjective

of or designating this denomination

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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