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Amish Definition


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Amish
adj
    1. Belonging or relating to an ultra-conservative branch of the Mennonite church, formed around 1693, some American sects of which still insist on strict dress and behaviour codes for its members.
noun
    1. A member of this church.
Etymology: 19c: named after the Swiss anabaptist leader Jacob Amman (c. 1645-c. 1730).



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