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Amish (?), n. sing. & pl. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.) The Amish Mennonites.

    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    
      
    
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Amish, a. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as “worldly conformity”. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.  A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish

    [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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