Luther

[ loo-ther; German loo t-uh r ]

/ ˈlu θər; German ˈlʊt ər /

noun

Mar·tin

[mahr-tn; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn; German ˈmɑr tin/,1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “famous” and “army.”

Example sentences from the Web for luther

Ruben Studdard I thought was fantastic, the best crossover singer since Luther Vandross for me.

Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’ |Kevin Fallon |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Persecuted opens with Luther saying that “every generation” has to fight for their religious freedom “even with blood.”

‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream |Candida Moss |July 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the one person I miss singing background for the most is Luther Vandross.

‘20 Feet From Stardom’: Judith Hill, Darlene Love, and Lisa Fischer Star in the Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary |Kevin Fallon |January 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Grant thought the humming was simply designed to help Luther get the right feel on the song.

Excerpts From a New Johnny Cash Biography Capture His Iconoclastic Genius |Robert Hilburn |October 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Producers often tend to equate harder-hitting crime stories with a city setting – from Cracker and Prime Suspect to Luther.

British Crime Dramas Explore the Dark Side of Small Town Life |Soraya Roberts |September 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Luther's opposition to the peasants was his renunciation of the ephemeral favour of the people.

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Cardinal Cajetan was the legate, and he was but little fitted to deal with Luther.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 |Various
Luther's reform was directed essentially against the Jewish element.

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Luther's great doctrine was Justification by Faith, although he took the same ground as Augustine.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI |John Lord
Somnambulism is, with Luther, the result of diabolical agency.

German Culture Past and Present |Ernest Belfort Bax

British Dictionary definitions for luther

Luther

/ (ˈluːθə) /

noun

Martin. 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation. As professor of biblical theology at Wittenberg University from 1511, he began preaching the crucial doctrine of justification by faith rather than by works, and in 1517 he nailed 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, attacking Tetzel's sale of indulgences. He was excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms (1521) as a result of his refusal to recant, but he was protected in Wartburg Castle by Frederick III of Saxony (1521–22). He translated the Bible into German (1521–34) and approved Melanchthon's Augsburg Confession (1530), defining the basic tenets of Lutheranism

Derived forms of Luther

Lutherism, noun

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