Taborite

noun

Taborite

noun

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.

Christianity Historical 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.

Coordinate terms: Calixtine, Utraquist

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