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Definition of Amish sect
1. Noun. An orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amish Sect
Literary usage of Amish sect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean by Marion F. Egge (2000)
"In the case of the ultraconservative amish sect the genealogist is in luck, since
there is a scholarly project afoot to index all printed Amish genealogies ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... and the condemnation of such luxuries as the use of buttons on clothing, thus
founding the " Amish " sect. The fate of the followers of Hutter was most ..."
3. Disease Prevention Through Immunization: Beginning Of Health Care Reform (2004)
"1 HE PEOPLE OF THE AMISH sect are direct descendants of the 16th century Swiss
Anabaptists who migrated to the United States in the early 1700s to escape ..."
4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"... Office independently have included investigations of the "Ishmael" tribe of
Indiana, the amish sect of Pennsylvania, albino families of Massachusetts, ..."
5. The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909 (1906)
"... but in this case they are of the amish sect—people quite as uneducated,
narrow-minded, and stolid, but judging from Sa- hina's family, less hard and ..."
6. Year books by Plainfield High School (Plainfield, N.J.) (1919)
"... Office independently have included investigations of the "Ishmael" tribe of
Indiana, the amish sect of Pennsylvania, albino families of Massachusetts, ..."
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