Groote

[ Dutch khroh-tuh; English groht ]

noun

1. Ger·hard [khey, -, r, ah, r, t, gair, -hahrt], Gerardus Magnus, 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.

Example Sentences

De Groote, who wrote in 1618, produced a sort of tenaille system, and may have been the inspiration of Rimpler.

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He was an intimate personal friend of Mr. Rhodes for many years, and has had access to all the papers at Groote Schuur.

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In the morning of the 5th we got under way, and steered eastward for Groote Eylandt, which I now intended to circumnavigate.

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This is that very garden that Gerard Groote, long before, pointed out to the Brothers that they should grow their herbs therein.

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The Groote Kerk, built in 1452, rises from the market-place with a considerable purity of Gothic style.

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