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Mennonites

Mennonites (men'nunīts) [key], descendants of the Dutch and Swiss evangelical Anabaptists of the 16th cent.

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Mennonites: History - History The name Mennonite is derived from Menno Simons (c.1496–1561), Dutch reformer and ...
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