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Lutheran

Lutheran

15 5.9
Relating to the Christian church started by Martin Luther
  • adjective
  • /ˈluːθərən/
translation icon : luterano
  • Reverend Dieckman, the Lutheran minister, would preach amazing sermons in her wake.
  • Lutheran Church
  • Evangelical Lutheran
  • Lutheran pastor

And while she's there, the convent is officially a Lutheran convent.

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Examples

  • The class was diverse, including two Lutheran exchange students from Germany, a Quaker, and a Muslim, among others.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The different emphases in the separate Lutheran and Catholic developments are compared.

    Academic text (2011)

  • So we spent half the night learning Lutheran music and the other half learning Catholic music.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Why else would he be here, teaching at some Lutheran college in Minnesota?

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Pastor Hank Taylor characterized his Lutheran church as such a place.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Earl Smith is now a professor of sociology at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Academic text (1993)

  • In the 1950s and early 1960s, the general attitude towards the majority's Lutheran Church was relatively positive.

    Academic text (1998)

  • However, the relationship between a concentration of adherents to the Lutheran religion and marital fertility was quite weak.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The author, Niels Christian Clausson, a Lutheran minister, later published the essay as a Danish-language book in Denmark.

    Academic text (1998)

  • My friend attends a small, historic Lutheran church in our neighborhood.

Compounds

Lutheran Church
10 2.7

A Christian church that follows the teachings of Martin Luther

Lutheran beliefs
5.5

Religious ideas of Christians who follow Martin Luther's teachings

Lutheran principles
7.4

Christian beliefs taught by Martin Luther and his followers

Surface Forms

Lutheran positive

Morphology

Lutheran = Luther (transparent) = Luther + an

Formed from the proper name 'Luther' plus the productive English suffix '-an' indicating relation or belonging; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word Lutheran comes from the name Luther, the German priest Martin Luther who started a new church, and the ending -an meaning 'related to' or 'belonging to'. So, Lutheran describes things that are about his 'teachings' or his 'church'.