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Noun: John Huss
  1. 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)
    - Huss, Hus, Jan Hus

Type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer

Encyclopedia: John Huss