AMISH Definition & Meaning

Amish

[ ah-mish, am-ish ]

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adjective

of or relating to any of the strict Mennonite groups, chiefly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Canada, descended from the followers of Jakob Ammann, a Swiss Mennonite bishop of the 17th century.

noun

the Amish people.

Amish

/ ˈɑːmɪʃ; ˈæ- /

adjective

of or relating to a US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman

noun

the Amish
the Amish people

Amish

A group of Protestants who broke away from the Mennonites in the seventeenth century. The Amish live in close communities, farm for a living, and do without many modern conveniences, such as telephones, automobiles, and tractor-drawn plows.

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Notes

Some of the Pennsylvania Dutch are Amish.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Amish¹

1835–45, Americanism; < German amisch, after Jakob Ammann; -ish ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Amish¹

C19: from German Amisch, after Jakob Amman, 17th-century Swiss Mennonite bishop

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It is an issue too in the UK's Jewish community and globally among the Amish and also French Canadians.

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The Amish are pacifists, he hastened to add.

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Ely made a brief return to acting for one television film, Expecting Amish, in 2014, where he played an Amish elder.

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Eleven members of an Amish family in the US, including children, have been taken to hospital after ingesting toxic mushrooms, oficials say.

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He was also accused of falsely claiming his mother died in the 9/11 terror attacks and scamming Amish dog breeders in Pennsylvania for thousands of dollars.

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