Hussite meaning

hŭs'īt', ho͝os'-
A follower of the religious reformer John Hus.
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Of or relating to John Hus or his religious theories.
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A follower of John Huss.
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Of John Huss or his religious beliefs.
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Hussite Sentence Examples

  • GEORGE OF PODEBRAD (1420-1471), king of Bohemia, was the son of Victoria of Kunstat and Podebrad, a Bohemian nobleman, who was one of the leaders of the "Orphans" or modern Taborites during the Hussite wars.

  • In the beginning of 1409 he concluded a treaty with Jagiello at Novogrudok for the purpose, and on the 9th cf July 1410 the combined Polish-Lithuanian forces, reinforced by Hussite auxiliaries,.

  • The Hussite wars, the feuds of Burgundian and Armagnac, the renewal of the Hundred Years' War, all prevented it from drawing new blood from the west.

  • The success of the Hussite raids in Germany gave fresh confidence to the Sla y s of Poland.

  • The city developed with great rapidity, and at the outbreak of the Hussite troubles, early in the 14th century, was next to Prague the most important in Bohemia, having become the favourite residence of several of the Bohemian kings.

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