A member or follower of the religious movement begun by John Huss. After Huss's execution the Hussites took up arms against the Holy Roman Empire and demanded a set of reforms that anticipated the Reformation. Most of the demands were granted (1436), and a Church was established that remained independent of the Roman Catholic Church until 1620.
It also relied on ruthless suppression or marginalization of those whom it deemed deviants, such as Jews, Cathars, and Hussites.
Both the English Lollards and the Bohemian Hussites were condemned as heretical for their popular condemnation of the sale of indulgences, calls for vernacular translations of the Bible, and free preaching of the gospel.
After the Catholics under the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund began suppressing the Hussites, Zizka went from Prague to the Hussite stronghold of Tabor and helped organize their army.
The Hussites helped to pave the way for the Protestant Reformation.
A compromise between the Hussites and the Catholic Church was not reached until 1436.
adjectiveˈhʌsʌɪtˈhəsīt
Relating to the Hussites.
（与）胡斯派信徒（有关）的
the Hussite Church
Example sentencesExamples
The opening ceremony will form part of the international Tabor festival where each year power over the town is handed over to a legendary Hussite leader and his men.
There had been some relief, in 1939, that the Slovaks had escaped from the Hussite clutches of Prague.
Nothing could compare with it in geographical breadth or sociological range, certainly not the Hussite revolution of the fifteenth century that was its nearest historical analogue.
In later remarks he called the symposium a ‘significant’ move toward improving relations between Catholics and the Protestant Hussite tradition.
This church and the reinvigorated Czech Protestants looked to the Hussite legacy for inspiration.
Derivatives
Hussitism
noun
The memory of the Huss movement had not completely died out in Poland, and the similarity of Luther's teachings with Hussitism made them popular.
Example sentencesExamples
The cult of worshiping the saints in the Catholic Church was interrupted by Hussitism and its revival.
It may be argued that Hussitism failed to spread due to the death of its leading exponent.
The city became the cradle of the radical line of Hussitism after the year 1420.
But certainly after years of warlike and spiritual struggling with powers of the counterreformation, Hussitism weakened inside and out.
Definition of Hussite in US English:
Hussite
nounˈhəsīt
A member or follower of the religious movement begun by John Huss. After Huss's execution the Hussites took up arms against the Holy Roman Empire and demanded a set of reforms that anticipated the Reformation. Most of the demands were granted (1436), and a Church was established that remained independent of the Roman Catholic Church until 1620.
A compromise between the Hussites and the Catholic Church was not reached until 1436.
After the Catholics under the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund began suppressing the Hussites, Zizka went from Prague to the Hussite stronghold of Tabor and helped organize their army.
Both the English Lollards and the Bohemian Hussites were condemned as heretical for their popular condemnation of the sale of indulgences, calls for vernacular translations of the Bible, and free preaching of the gospel.
It also relied on ruthless suppression or marginalization of those whom it deemed deviants, such as Jews, Cathars, and Hussites.
The Hussites helped to pave the way for the Protestant Reformation.
adjectiveˈhəsīt
Relating to the Hussites.
（与）胡斯派信徒（有关）的
the Hussite Church
Example sentencesExamples
The opening ceremony will form part of the international Tabor festival where each year power over the town is handed over to a legendary Hussite leader and his men.
This church and the reinvigorated Czech Protestants looked to the Hussite legacy for inspiration.
In later remarks he called the symposium a ‘significant’ move toward improving relations between Catholics and the Protestant Hussite tradition.
Nothing could compare with it in geographical breadth or sociological range, certainly not the Hussite revolution of the fifteenth century that was its nearest historical analogue.
There had been some relief, in 1939, that the Slovaks had escaped from the Hussite clutches of Prague.