[
US
/ˈɫuθɝən/
]
ADJECTIVE
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of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings
the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone -
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther
Lutheran doctrines
NOUN
- follower of Lutheranism
How To Use Lutheran In A Sentence
- There was, of course, a vast amount of music in the U.S. in this period besides symphonic music, Lutheran hymnody, and Wagnerian opera.
- Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.
- And it is certainly true that he often exaggerates, or at any rate misdescribes, some of the contrasts he discerns between medieval and Lutheran religious sensibility.
- In the 1990s Sweden finally decided that the establishmentarian status of the Lutheran Church should be abolished by the year 2000.
- Disgusted with the bland, palliative Lutheranism of his day, he stresses duty, self-sacrifice, and total commitment.
- On Epiphany morning, the Lutheran-Episcopal full communion will be rendered official and celebrated at Washington's National Cathedral.
- Does this and the preceding section refer also to non-Lutheran movements, organizations, and bodies, such as the Federal Council, of which the General Synod was a member? American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
- Bach had an unparalleled talent for assimilating disparate influences into an architecturally harmonious whole at a time when an unprecedented number of disparate influences — Renaissance polyphony, Lutheran chorale, Italian monody, French dance music, you name it — was ripe for assimilation. Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame that burns your change
- The religious Fourth Symphony synchretizes Gregorian and Orthodox chants, Lutheran chorales, and Jewish cantillation.
- Holding a separate service just for confession and absolution before a service of communion is an old practice for Lutherans.