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Utraquist

Utraquist \U"tra*quist\, n. [L. uterque, fem. utraque, both.] One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.

Usage examples of "utraquist".

Danube, the majority of the inhabitants was either Lutheran or Utraquist, that is, attached to Communion under both kinds, which had been the germ of Hussitism, and was the residue that remained after the fervour of the Hussite movement had burnt itself out.

Ferdinand will treat the Jews in Prague just as savagely as he treated the Utraquists and the Unity of Brethren.