Zwingli

[ zwing-glee, swing-; German tsving-lee ]

noun

1. Ul·rich [ool, -, r, i, kh] or Hul·dreich [hool, -d, r, ahy, kh], 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.

Zwingli

/ ˈtsvɪŋli /

noun

1. ZwingliUlrich or Huldreich14841531MSwissRELIGION: Reformation leader Ulrich (ˈʊlrɪç) or Huldreich (ˈhʊltraiç). 1484–1531, Swiss leader of the Reformation, based in Zurich. He denied the Eucharistic presence, holding that the Communion was merely a commemoration of Christ's death

Example Sentences

In America, the religion of Luther, Zwingli and Calvin has, in its fundamentalist interpretation, taken a turn so unrelentingly hostile to intellectual activity that it has rejected much of the last century and a half of settled science.

From Salon

The political and military support that made his Reformation possible is given short shrift, as are the equally revolutionary ideas and actions of such pivotal figures as his predecessors John Wycliffe and John Hus, or contemporaries like Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer and Sebastian Franck.

From New York Times

In class, she read Catholic thinkers for the first time and reformers like Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli.

From New York Times

During the Reformation, both Calvin and Zwingli turned to his writings for inspiration.

From The New Yorker

Thus in 1529, the German Prince Philip of Hesse saw potential in creating an alliance between the two Protestant leaders, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli, who were heading like-minded reform movements.

From Forbes