ZWINGLIAN

Zwing"li*an, a. (Theol.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli (1481-1531), the reformer of German Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's Supper the true body of Christ is present by the contemplation of faith but not in essence or reality, and that the sacrament is a memorial without mystical elements. -- n.

Definition: A follower of Zwingli.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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