mennonite

/ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt/

Etymology

Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or related to a Mennonite or Mennonites or to their movement and church(es).

noun

  1. A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.