Mennonite
noun
Men·no·nite
ˈme-nə-ˌnīt 
: a member of any of various Protestant groups derived from the Anabaptist movement in Holland and characterized by congregational autonomy and rejection of military service
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The heart of the community is the 106-year-old Boone Mennonite Brethren Church, a historically Black congregation and the largest Mennonite church in North Carolina.
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Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Having grown up both Pennsylvania Dutch and Mennonite, Groff depicts one of the oldest folk magic practices in America: Braucherei, as it is called by the Pennsylvania Dutch, is a prayer and healing ritual intended to banish demons.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
It is named after Swiss Mennonite farmer John Shenk who founded his distillery in Pennsylvania in 1753 and later named Bomberger’s Distillery.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
But Pascal buys his produce, some meats and cheeses from local farmers, many of them Amish and Mennonite.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
Shenk’s was named after the Swiss Mennonite founder of the eponymous Pennsylvania distillery, which became Bomberger’s Distillery in the 1800s, and then Michter’s in the mid-1900s before closing in 1989.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 June 2024
The Lancaster Mennonite Conference, a group of more than 170 churches primarily in Pennsylvania, left the Mennonite Church USA denomination amid differing views on homosexuality in 2018.
—Kayla Jimenez, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Other groups, including Mennonite Action have organized regular protests against the war on Capitol Hill.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024
Those unknown men are commemorated on a marker in the Garber Mennonite Cemetery.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Having grown up both Pennsylvania Dutch and Mennonite, Groff depicts one of the oldest folk magic practices in America: Braucherei, as it is called by the Pennsylvania Dutch, is a prayer and healing ritual intended to banish demons.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
It is named after Swiss Mennonite farmer John Shenk who founded his distillery in Pennsylvania in 1753 and later named Bomberger’s Distillery.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
But Pascal buys his produce, some meats and cheeses from local farmers, many of them Amish and Mennonite.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
Shenk’s was named after the Swiss Mennonite founder of the eponymous Pennsylvania distillery, which became Bomberger’s Distillery in the 1800s, and then Michter’s in the mid-1900s before closing in 1989.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 June 2024
The Lancaster Mennonite Conference, a group of more than 170 churches primarily in Pennsylvania, left the Mennonite Church USA denomination amid differing views on homosexuality in 2018.
—Kayla Jimenez, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Other groups, including Mennonite Action have organized regular protests against the war on Capitol Hill.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024
Those unknown men are commemorated on a marker in the Garber Mennonite Cemetery.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Mennonite
noun
Men·no·nite
ˈmen-ə-ˌnīt
: a member of one of the Protestant groups founded in Holland in the 16th century and noted for dressing plainly and living simply
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