Utraquist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Utraquism noun
Etymology
Origin of Utraquist
1830–40; < New Latin Utraquista, equivalent to Latin utrāque (ablative singular feminine of uterque each of two, equivalent to uter either + -que and) + New Latin -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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The Utraquist nobility and towns formed a league in defence of national and religious liberties; they convoked a diet and raised an army.
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"Yes, the Jesuits! the Jesuits!" exclaimed Schindel, and for a while was silent; then looking sadly at Tausdorf, he continued--"So, you are no thorough-paced Lutheran, Herr von Tausdorf?--only a Utraquist?"
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He tried to obtain the Bohemian and Hungarian crowns; but Podiebrad, a Utraquist nobleman, was made king of Bohemia, and Matthias Corvinus succeeded Hunyady, his father, on the throne of Hungary.
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By April 3 the citizens of Utraquist Prague had bound themselves by a solemn oath with the Taborites to defend themselves against him to the last, and were busy in preparations to sustain a siege.
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They had settled on a Utraquist estate; they were under the protection of a Utraquist King; they attended services conducted by Utraquist priests.
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