Mennonite

See also: mennonite

English

Etymology

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, +‎ -ite.

Noun

Mennonite (plural Mennonites)

1. A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.

Synonyms

• Mennist (historical)
• Mennonist
• Menno (informal term for a Mennonite; also male given name)

Derived terms

• Amish Mennonite
• anti-Mennonite
• ex-Mennonite
• German Mennonite
• Mennonite German
• Mennonite Low German
• Mennonitic
• Mennonitish
• Mennonitism
• non-Mennonite
• pro-Mennonite
• pseudo-Mennonite
• quasi-Mennonite
• Russian Mennonite
• semi-Mennonite

 

Translations

member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition

• Finnish: mennoniitta
• French: mennonite (fr) m or f, mennoniste (fr) m or f (older term not used by today's Mennonites)
• German: Mennonit m, Mennonitin f, Mennonist m, Mennonistin f
• Italian: mennonita m or f
• Japanese: メノナイト (menonaito)
• Korean: 메노나이트 (menonaiteu)
• Low German: Menist, Manist; Ministen (plural; East Frisian)
• Portuguese: menonita (pt) m or f, menonista m or f
• Spanish: menonita m or f, menonista m or f

Adjective

Mennonite (comparative more Mennonite, superlative most Mennonite)

1. Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).

Translations

of or related to a Mennonite, Mennonites, their movement or church(es)

• Finnish: mennoniitta-
• French: mennonite (fr)
• German: mennonitisch, Mennoniten- (in compounds)
• Italian: mennonita
• Portuguese: menonita (pt), menonista
• Spanish: menonita, menonista
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Amish (longer form: Amish Mennonite)
• Anabaptism
• Hutterite