Hussite (Noun)
Meaning
An adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Jan Žižka, a renowned military leader, began as a hussite and led the hussite forces to several victories during the Wars of the Hussites.
- The main demand of the hussite movement was to give communion in both kinds to the laity, a belief counter to the practices of the Roman Catholic Church at that time.
- The hussite cause extended beyond the borders of the Bohemian Crown, attracting converts from various countries due to the spread of Huss's ideas.
- Pope Martin V demanded that the hussite movement be crushed militarily in 1419 and subsequently led several bloody crusades against them.
- The Taborites and the Utraquists were two of the major sects of the hussite movement that emerged as a result of differing perspectives on reform and denominational affiliations.