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Definition of Amish in English: Amishplural nounˈɑːmɪʃˈeɪmɪʃˈamɪʃˈɑmɪʃ The members of a strict Mennonite sect founded by the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (or Amen) (c.1645–c.1730). Now living mainly in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Amish migrated to North America from c.1720. Example sentencesExamples - A majority of the nation's Amish live in key swing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
- Here in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, the Amish need their quilts for more than just decoration.
- The Amish told the president that not all members of the church vote but they would pray for him.
- Only some conservative Swiss Mennonites and Amish still hold on to the sixteenth-century forms of their creed.
- The answer for religious sects like the Amish of North America is to shun bodily vanity through anachronistic adherence to the styles of the seventeenth century.
- Like many European Christian sects that sprang forth after Martin Luther, the Amish went to America to lead a life untormented by religious orthodoxy.
- Some religious groups like the Amish refrained from using rings at all.
- The ones from Holland came to the US and settled where the Amish now live, in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
- Mennonites and their cousins, the Amish, generally stayed aloof from politics.
- Communitarian sects such as the Amish and the Hutterites have also found ways of avoiding the more obvious pitfalls.
- An estimated 55,000 Amish live in Ohio - more than in any other state.
- People think that we are asking the church to be the Amish of Pennsylvania.
- The Amish are very religious - but even they cannot keep the secular utterly at bay.
- Even the Amish who live outside of Pennsylvania speak the Pennsylvania German dialect.
- The Mennonites, Amish and Brethren all hold private property.
- Traditional people like the Mennonites, Amish, Dunkers and Hutterites maintain a large number of these heritage crops.
- They call them Pennsylvania Dutch, but the Amish are really Swiss and German.
- The 92,000 Amish who live in Ohio and Pennsylvania generate hundreds of millions in annual tourism revenue.
- While they do not reject all modern technology, the Amish recognize that some are more threatening to their community and its values than others.
- Amish migration to North America began in 1720 and Europe now has no Amish.
adjectiveˈɑːmɪʃˈeɪmɪʃˈamɪʃˈɑmɪʃ Relating to the Amish. （与）阿曼门诺派教徒（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - To augment their farm income, many Amish families cook meals for tourists but are not registered with state health agencies.
- When I was living in rural Ohio in the mid 1970s, I learned many common wild mushrooms from farmers and Amish people.
- So suddenly now I start getting emails asking me about the Amish community, as if I'm the Amish expert.
- After visiting Canada, an American Amish man is not being allowed back into the US because he has no picture identification.
- One style of quilt is that made by the Amish, or is based on Amish designs.
- The concept of ‘illicit viewing’ is also touched upon through the mention of the tourists who come to peer at the Amish people as if they were monkeys in a zoo.
- Because the phones are not used as a form of entertainment and because their essence is an instrument of work, they're now in the toolkits of many Amish carpenters.
- When an Amish man marries he grows a beard - a moustache is too reminiscent of the military - and it remains, increasing in length with each passing year.
- I was working on an Amish farm for a while as a farmer.
- Strolling down a covered walkway that spans the site, I counted only a few other gawkers, among them an Amish couple from Indiana.
- A growing demand for goat meat among New York City Muslims has been a boon to a livestock auction tucked away in the middle of Amish country.
- A visit to Amish country would have been incomplete without a visit to the state of Pennsylvania where there are the largest and oldest settlements.
- The Amish ethic of confession extends to answering questions asked by outsiders.
- Parochial schools insulate Amish youth from the contaminating influence of worldly peers.
- We also saw an Amish couple, dressed in their traditional garb.
- She still wore Amish dress, but knew she wouldn't join church.
- It was kind of neat, I learned a bit about the Amish way of life.
- Soon after, we were honored to be invited to an Amish church service, conducted in High German.
- This thought-provoking film follows a group of Amish kids let loose on the world at 16 so they can freely choose whether to return to the church.
- So, of course, their ‘challenge’ the next day is for the city kids to put on Amish clothes and go out in public.
OriginMid 19th century: apparently from German amisch, from the name Jakob Amman. Definition of Amish in US English: Amishplural nounˈämiSHˈɑmɪʃ The members of a strict Mennonite sect that established major settlements in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere in North America from 1720 onward. 阿曼门诺派教徒（属于严谨的门诺教派，1720年以后在宾夕法尼亚州、俄亥俄州及北美其他地方建立了主要居住点） Example sentencesExamples - The Amish are very religious - but even they cannot keep the secular utterly at bay.
- Only some conservative Swiss Mennonites and Amish still hold on to the sixteenth-century forms of their creed.
- An estimated 55,000 Amish live in Ohio - more than in any other state.
- Amish migration to North America began in 1720 and Europe now has no Amish.
- Even the Amish who live outside of Pennsylvania speak the Pennsylvania German dialect.
- A majority of the nation's Amish live in key swing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
- People think that we are asking the church to be the Amish of Pennsylvania.
- The ones from Holland came to the US and settled where the Amish now live, in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
- Mennonites and their cousins, the Amish, generally stayed aloof from politics.
- The 92,000 Amish who live in Ohio and Pennsylvania generate hundreds of millions in annual tourism revenue.
- Some religious groups like the Amish refrained from using rings at all.
- Communitarian sects such as the Amish and the Hutterites have also found ways of avoiding the more obvious pitfalls.
- The Mennonites, Amish and Brethren all hold private property.
- They call them Pennsylvania Dutch, but the Amish are really Swiss and German.
- Traditional people like the Mennonites, Amish, Dunkers and Hutterites maintain a large number of these heritage crops.
- The Amish told the president that not all members of the church vote but they would pray for him.
- Here in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, the Amish need their quilts for more than just decoration.
- Like many European Christian sects that sprang forth after Martin Luther, the Amish went to America to lead a life untormented by religious orthodoxy.
- While they do not reject all modern technology, the Amish recognize that some are more threatening to their community and its values than others.
- The answer for religious sects like the Amish of North America is to shun bodily vanity through anachronistic adherence to the styles of the seventeenth century.
adjectiveˈämiSHˈɑmɪʃ Relating to the Amish sect. （与）阿曼门诺派教徒（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - One style of quilt is that made by the Amish, or is based on Amish designs.
- After visiting Canada, an American Amish man is not being allowed back into the US because he has no picture identification.
- So, of course, their ‘challenge’ the next day is for the city kids to put on Amish clothes and go out in public.
- It was kind of neat, I learned a bit about the Amish way of life.
- Strolling down a covered walkway that spans the site, I counted only a few other gawkers, among them an Amish couple from Indiana.
- When an Amish man marries he grows a beard - a moustache is too reminiscent of the military - and it remains, increasing in length with each passing year.
- A visit to Amish country would have been incomplete without a visit to the state of Pennsylvania where there are the largest and oldest settlements.
- I was working on an Amish farm for a while as a farmer.
- This thought-provoking film follows a group of Amish kids let loose on the world at 16 so they can freely choose whether to return to the church.
- The Amish ethic of confession extends to answering questions asked by outsiders.
- Parochial schools insulate Amish youth from the contaminating influence of worldly peers.
- She still wore Amish dress, but knew she wouldn't join church.
- The concept of ‘illicit viewing’ is also touched upon through the mention of the tourists who come to peer at the Amish people as if they were monkeys in a zoo.
- We also saw an Amish couple, dressed in their traditional garb.
- A growing demand for goat meat among New York City Muslims has been a boon to a livestock auction tucked away in the middle of Amish country.
- When I was living in rural Ohio in the mid 1970s, I learned many common wild mushrooms from farmers and Amish people.
- Soon after, we were honored to be invited to an Amish church service, conducted in High German.
- Because the phones are not used as a form of entertainment and because their essence is an instrument of work, they're now in the toolkits of many Amish carpenters.
- To augment their farm income, many Amish families cook meals for tourists but are not registered with state health agencies.
- So suddenly now I start getting emails asking me about the Amish community, as if I'm the Amish expert.
OriginMid 19th century: apparently from German amisch, from the name Jakob Amman. |