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Huguenotism

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Hu·gue·not  (hyg-nt)
n.
A French Protestant of the 16th and 17th centuries.
[French, from Old French huguenot, member of a Swiss political movement, alteration (influenced by Bezanson Hugues (c. 1491-1532?), Swiss political leader) of dialectal eyguenot, from German dialectal Eidgenosse, confederate, from Middle High German eitgenz : eit, oath (from Old High German eid) + genz, companion (from Old High German ginz).]
Hugue·notic adj.
Hugue·notism n.
Huguenotism
the doctrines and practices of the Calvinistic communion in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. — Huguenot, n. — Huguenotic, adj.
See also: Protestantism
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