I. ˈhəˌsīt, ˈhu̇ˌ- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: New Latin hussita, from John Huss died 1415 Bohemian religious reformer + Latin -ita -ite
: a member of the Bohemian religious and nationalist movement originating with John Huss, marked by advocacy of the Wycliffite doctrines of clerical purity and poverty and the supremacy of the Bible and by insistence upon communion in both bread and wine for the laity, and split after the death of Huss into the Calixtin and Taborite parties — compare lollard 2
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of John Huss or the Hussites