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Mo*ra"vi*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot
of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of
Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th
century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society,
under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was
reëstablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in
Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.

Mo*ra"vi*an*ism (?), n. The
religious system of the Moravians.

Mor"ay (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A muræna.

Mor"bid (?), a. [L. morbidus,
fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F.
morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]
1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a
diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid
humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the
juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart.


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