taborite means A radical Hussite; an adherent of radical Hussitism at the time of the Bohemian Reformation, who rejected the unique authority of the Catholic Church in matters of faith and was considered heretical. It carries an Arena rating of 1231, earned across 183 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, taborite ranks #699 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #1,241 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #5,002 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #6,029 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “taborite” is a great word
TABORITE — [Noun] A radical adherent of Hussitism during the Bohemian Reformation, based at the fortified town of Tábor, who rejected Catholic Church authority and doctrines not directly supported by the Bible. From Czech Táborita, from Tábor (the name of the Hussite fortress-town, itself from a common noun meaning 'camp' or 'encampment') + the agent suffix -ita (equivalent to English -ite). Unlike the pragmatic Utraquist, which sought compromise with Rome over the communion cup, or the anarchic Adamite, which shed all societal cloth in millenarian frenzy, the Taborite was a separatist militant, building a new Zion from scripture and sword. It is the scrape of a whetstone on a peasant's scythe adapted for war, the stark geometry of a hillfort chapel stripped of icons, and the communal echo of a liturgy spoken in the vernacular—a brief, fierce argument for heaven, conducted from behind earthen walls and destined to be overrun by the very history it helped to shape.
Etymology
From Czech Táborita. Equivalent to Tabor + -ite, after Tábor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during the Hussite Wars, later a town. See also Czech tábor.
noun
- A radical Hussite; an adherent of radical Hussitism at the time of the Bohemian Reformation, who rejected the unique authority of the Catholic Church in matters of faith and was considered heretical.
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