əˈmanə̇st noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Amana Society (probably translation of German Amana-Gesellschaft, from Amana, biblical name — Song of Sol 4:8 — for a range of the Lebanon mts.) + English -ist
: a member of the religious communal Amana Society organized in Germany in 1714, located at Amana, Iowa, in 1855, and known to the members as the Community of True Inspiration