BOHEMIAN BRETHREN
\bə͡ʊhˈiːmi͡ən bɹˈɛðɹən], \bəʊhˈiːmiən bɹˈɛðɹən], \b_əʊ_h_ˈiː_m_iə_n b_ɹ_ˈɛ_ð_ɹ_ə_n]\
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A sect which sprang up in Bohemia in the latter part of the fifteenth century. In 1535 they renounced Anabaptism, and were united first with the Lutherans and afterwards with the Zuinglians. The Moravians seem now to be their nearest representatives. See Taborites.
By Henry Percy Smith