Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Moravians

or Bohemian Brethren. A religious community tracing its origin from John Huss, expelled by persecution from Bohemia and Moravia in the eighteenth century. They are often called The United Brethren.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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