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Lutheran en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈluːθɹ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈluθəɹən/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈluθɹən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)).

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.
   • [I]f when Luther firſt began to teach new doctrine, the catholiks at that time had not vouchſafed to giue him the hering, but had auoided his prechings & preuy couenticles, ther had not bin now in the worlde, either Lutheran, Swinglian, Calueniſt, Puritan, Anabaptiſt, Trinetarie, Family of loue, Adamite, or the lyke: whereof now there are ſo many thouſands abroad, al ſpringing of that firſt ſecte, and troubling at this day the whole worlde, […] 1581, D. Fulke [i.e., William Fulke], A Briefe Confutation, of a Popish Discourse: Lately Set Forth, and Presumptuously Dedicated to the Queenes Most Excellent Maiestie: By Iohn Howlet [pseudonym; Robert Persons], or Some Other Birde of the Night, vnder that Name. Contayning Certaine Reasons, why Papistes Refuse to Come to Church, which Reasons are here Inserted and Set Downe at Large, with Their Generall Answeres, London: Printed [by Thomas Dawson] for George Byshop, →OCLC, folio 12, recto and verso:
   • On the borders of that river [the Volga] 104 colonies have ſettled, conſiſting of Germans, who emigrated to thoſe parts in the years of dearth and famine. Theſe colonies have already three Calviniſt, and four Lutheran ministers. 1798 August, “Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Gunther, Minister at Wodonoy Bujerack, in the Russian Government of Saratow, on the Wolga, in Asia, to the Rev. Dr. Burckhardt, London”, in The Evangelical Magazine, volume VI, London: Printed by and for T. Chapman, No. 151 Fleet-Street, →OCLC, page 309:
   • [A] number of Lutheran priests were involved in the activities of the EHS [Estonian Heritage Society]. The EELC [Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church] identified itself again as 'the people's church' and stressed the connection between the Lutheran Church and Estonian national identity, although the alleged connection with radical nationalism is an exaggeration. 2015, Ringo Ringvee, “Religion and Nation-building in Estonia: Some Perspectives on Secular Society”, in Greg Simons, David Westerlund, editors, Religion, Politics and Nation-building in Post-Communist Countries (Post-Soviet Politics), Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 151:
   • A Lutheran understanding of the Lord’s Supper is not the same as that of other denominations.

Forms

Deriveds

Augustana Lutheran

Synonyms

Lutheranist · Evangelical Lutheran · Lutherist

Translations (41)

el λουθηρανικός (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · hu lutheránus (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · gl luterano (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · fi evankelis-luterilainen (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · nl luthers (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ca luterà (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · pl luterański (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · vo luterik (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · lt liuteroniškas (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ko 루터교회의 (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · it luterano (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · de lutherisch (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · is lútherskur (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · nl lutheraans (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · uk лютера́нський (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · da luthersk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ro luteran (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · fo Luthersk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · sw Kilutheri (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · et luterlik (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · fr luthérien (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · nb luthersk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · is lúterskur (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · nn luthersk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · fi luterilainen (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · cy Lwtheraidd (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · sv luthersk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · mk лутерански (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ja ルター派の (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · sh лутѐра̄нскӣ (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ar لُوْثَريّ (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ru лютеранский (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · da lutheransk (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · sh lutèrānskī (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · cs luteránský (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · es luterano (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · ga Liútarach (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · hu evangélikus (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · be лютэра́нскі (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · lv luterisks (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) · pt luterano (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church)

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Lutheran en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈluːθɹ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈluθəɹən/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈluθɹən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)).

Meanings

1. A member of any of the Christian churches which identify with the theology of Martin Luther.
   • [I]f you had bene but ſo conuerſante in Caluine [John Calvin] as your profeſsion requireth, you could not ſo far haue bene ouerſeene in this eaſie diſtinction knowen to Catholike, Lutheran and Zuinglian, although when Caluine wrote thus, perhaps he was more then halfe a Lutheran, and not ſo far gone in Zuinglianiſme as after. 1583, William Rainolds [i.e., William Reynolds], “VVherein is Refelled^([sic – meaning Repelled?]) M. VV. Ansvvere to Certaine Places of S[aint] Chrysostome Touching the Real Presence and Sacrifice”, in A Refvtation of Svndry Reprehensions, Cavils, and False Sleightes, by which M. [William] Whitaker Laboureth to Deface the Late English Translation and Catholike Annotations of the New Testament, and the Booke of Discouery of Heretical Corruptions, Paris: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 222–223:
   • The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics began with the Edict of Worms in 1521.
   • At this memorable Diet of Speyer (1529), a compact Roman Catholic majority faced a weak Lutheran minority. The Emperor, through his commissioners, declared at the outset that he abolished, "by his imperial and absolute authority (Machtvollkommenheit)," the clause in the ordinance of 1526 on which the Lutherans had relied when they founded their territorial Churches; it had been the cause, he said, "of much ill counsel and misundestanding." […] It was this ordinance which called forth the celebrated Protest, from which comes the name Protestant. The Protest was read in the Diet on the day (April 19th, 1529) when all concessions to the Lutherans had been refused. 1906, Thomas M[artin] Lindsay, “From the Diet of Speyer, 1526, to the Religious Peace of Augsburg, 1555”, in A History of the Reformation (International Theological Library), volume I (The Reformation in Germany from Its Beginning to the Religious Peace of Augsburg), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, pages 345–346:
   • […] George of Mecklenburg, a younger brother of the reigning Duke, an active and ambitious Prince, collected a conſiderable number of thoſe ſoldiers of fortune who had accompanied Henry of Brunſwick in all his wild enterprizes; and though a zealous Lutheran himſelf, invaded the territories of the Magdeburgers, hoping that, by the merit of this ſervice, he might procure ſome part of their domains to be allotted to him as an eſtabliſhment. 1772, William Robertson, “The Siege of Magdeburg [marginal note]”, in The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, new edition, volume IV, London: Printed for W[illiam] Strahan; T[homas] Cadell, in the Strand; Edinburgh: J. Balfour, →OCLC, book X, page 40:

Forms

Deriveds

Augustana Lutheran

Hypernyms

Protestant

Relateds

Lutherist · Lutheranist · Lutheranism

Translations (46)

da lutheraner (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · es luterano (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ga Clann Liútair (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · pl luteranin (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · lt liuteronas (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · de Lutheraner (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · is lútherstrúarmaður (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · uk лютера́нин (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · pl luteranka (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · pt luterano (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · sh лутѐра̄н (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · nl lutherse (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · sv lutheran (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · it luterano (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ga Liútarach (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · sw Mlutheri (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · nl lutheraan (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · sh lutèrān (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · it luterana (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · hu lutheránus (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · fi luterilainen (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · lv luterānis (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · lt liuteronė (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ca luterana (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ca luterà (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · nb lutheraner (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ru лютера́нин (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · fr luthérien (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · de Lutheranerin (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · pt luterana (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · cy Lwtheriad (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · vo hiluteran (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · be лютэра́нін (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · cs luterán (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · vo luteran (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · vo jiluteran (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · el λουθηρανός (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · ru лютера́нка (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · io Luterano (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · is lúterstrúarmaður (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · es luterana (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · uk лютера́нка (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · sl luteranec (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · fr luthérienne (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · et luterlane (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) · be лютэра́нка (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther)

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