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JAN HUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
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crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)