River Brethren

noun

A group of historically related Anabaptist Christian denominations originating in 1770, during the Radical Pietist movement among German colonists in Pennsylvania.

Meanings

nounRiver Brethren pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA group of historically related Anabaptist Christian denominations originating in 1770, during the Radical Pietist movement among German colonists in Pennsylvania.
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