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Zwinglian

Zwinglian adjective: relating or referring to Zwingli, his beliefs, or his followers and adherents.

Adjective

Zwinglian (not comparable)

  1. Relating or referring to Zwingli, his beliefs, or his followers and adherents.

Noun

Zwinglian (plural Zwinglians)

  1. A follower of Zwingli, who disagreed with Luther in rejecting the doctrine of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Forms of Zwinglian

pluralZwinglians

Origin of Zwinglian

From Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531), Swiss Protestant reformer, + -an.

Words formed from Zwinglian

Questions about Zwinglian

What does Zwinglian mean?
Zwinglian means relating or referring to Zwingli, his beliefs, or his followers and adherents.
What part of speech is Zwinglian?
Zwinglian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Zwinglian in the dictionary

  1. Zwinge
  2. zwinger
  3. zwingers
  4. Zwingle
  5. Zwingli
  6. Zwinglian
  7. Zwinglianism
  8. Zwinglianist
  9. Zwinglianists
  10. Zwinglians
  11. zwischenschach

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