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Named after the Moravian church, which first commercially produced them at Herrnhut.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moravian star
Today it means: A (usually illuminated) star, made of a geometric solid such as a rhombicuboctahedron to which a large number of pyramidal points are attached, a popular Advent or Christmas decoration in Germany and other places having Moravian congregations. Full definition →