SCHWENKFELDER


Meaning of SCHWENKFELDER in English

/shfengk"fel'deuhr, shvengk"-/ , n.

a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.

[ 1780-90, Amer.; Schwenkfeld (1490-1561), German mystic; see -ER 1 ]

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