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• the Amish — a strict US Mennonite sect living mainly in Pennsylvania and Ohio. → Amish …   English new terms dictionary

• Amish school shooting — Location Bart Township, Pennsylvania, United States Date October 2, 2006 Target Female students at West Nickel Mines School Attack type School shooti …   Wikipedia

• Amish Mennonite — Amish Mennonites are a church or constituency within Anabaptist Christianity that has broken from the Old Order Amish, yet has resisted absorption into a Mennonite constituency. Old Order Amish were known as Amish Mennonites within the European… …   Wikipedia

• Amish Acres — is a tourist attraction in Nappanee, Indiana created from an 80 acres Old Order Amish farm. The farm was purchased in October 1968 at auction from the Manasses Kuhns’ estate. The farm was homesteaded by Moses Stahly in 1873. Moses was the son of… …   Wikipedia

• Amish furniture — is a distinctive style of furniture made by the Amish primarily of Ohio and Shipshewana, Indiana. It is known for being made of 100% wood, usually no particle board or laminate is used, and there is great attention paid to the details of the wood …   Wikipedia

• Amish —    The Amish are an Anabaptist group that has become well known for its efforts to maintain its separatist agricultural life in small enclaves in the United states, resisting involvement with the state and, more recently, with modern technology.… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• Amish (disambiguation) — The Amish are an Anabaptist Christian denomination formed in 1693 by a schism among some German speaking Mennonites over the practice of shunning. Today, the term can be applied to:* The Old Order Amish, who live in rural communities in North… …   Wikipedia

• Amish Friendship Bread — is a type of sourdough starter that is often shared in a manner similar to a chain letter.cite web |url=http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/mar/05/beware/ |title=newsminer.com • Amish Friendship Bread comes with a commitment |accessdate=2008 03 18 …   Wikipedia

• Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival — The Amish Acres Arts Crafts Festival, held the first weekend weekend in August, Thursday through Sunday, July 31st through August 3rd, 2008 in Nappanee, IN, celebrates its 46th year in 2008. It features 350 artists and craftsmen in a marketplace… …   Wikipedia

• Amish — Am ish, a. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as worldly conformity . There are several …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Amish — ☆ Amish [äm′ish, am′ish, ām′ish ] pl.n. [after Jacob Ammann (or Amen), the founder] the members of a Christian sect that separated from the Mennonites in the 17th cent.: in the U.S. since the 18th cent., the Amish favor plain dress and plain… …   English World dictionary