Taborite

See also: taborite

English

Etymology

From Czech Táborita. Equivalent to Tabor +‎ -ite, after Tábor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during the Hussite Wars, later a town. See also Czech tábor.

Noun

Taborite (plural Taborites)

(Christianity, historical) A member of a 15th-century religious sect, associated with Hussitism and the Bohemian Reformation, that rejected the unique authority of the Catholic Church in matters of faith and was considered heresy.

Anagrams

Abotrite, biotreat, birotate

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