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| Ca·lix·tine [ kə líkstin, kə lík stn ] (plural Ca·lix·tines) |
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moderate Hussite in 15C conflicts: a member of a moderate group of Hussites in 15th-century Bohemia who initially opposed the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund but were reunited with the Roman Catholic Church in 1433
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| [Early 18th century. < medieval Latin Calixtini< calix "cup"; from their belief that the congregation should partake of the wine during Communion] |
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 Cal·ix·tine adjective |
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