Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Accident
noun · 78% connection
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Accidental
adjective · 78% connection
Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Albata
noun · 78% connection
A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under Germa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Auto-da-fe
noun · 78% connection
An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Base
adjective · 78% connection
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Bible
noun · 78% connection
The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Bibliolatry
noun · 78% connection
Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Build
verb · 78% connection
To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Ceremony
noun · 78% connection
Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Confine
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Constrain
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Cynicism
noun · 78% connection
The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Dragonnade
noun · 78% connection
The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Electrum
noun · 78% connection
German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Extremist
adjective · 78% connection
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Folkland
noun · 78% connection
Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Freethinker
noun · 78% connection
One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
Germanize
verb · 78% connection
To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: german, protestants, melanchthon, held, some.
