‖ Herrnhuter
(ˈhɛrnhuːtər)
Also 8 Herren-, Hern-, 8–9 -hutter.
[f. Herrnhut (lit. the Lord's keeping), the name of their first German settlement on the estate of Count von Zinzendorf in Saxony. See quot. 1753.]
One of the sect of ‘United Brethren’ or Moravians.
| 1748 Whitehall Evening-Post No. 449 An Edict is published against the Moravian Brethren, or..Herrenhutters. [1753 Scots Mag. May 212/1 Between this wood and the town or village is an hill called Huthberg, i.e. Townguard Hill. This gave occasion to the colonists to call themselves Huth des Herrn, and afterwards Herrnhuth, i.e. the guard or protection of the Lord.] 1834 M. Howitt Sk. Nat. Hist., Swallow iv, Thou hast heard the lowing heifers On some good Herrnhuter's farm [in S. Africa]. 1879 Baring-Gould Germany II. 189 His spiritual songs..now stand in the hymn-book of the Herrnhuters. |
Hence ˈHerrnhutism, Herrnˈhutenism, Herrnˈhutianism, Moravianism.
| 1753 Scots Mag. May 212/1 Herrnhutism does indeed..appear to be..essentially evil. 1879 Baring-Gould Germany II. 188 Pietism of mystic tendency culminated in Count..Zinzendorf..and Herrnhutenism. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1604 Mysticism entered into various combinations with Pietism, Herrnhutianism [etc.]. |