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German Protestant church body
The Prussian Union of Churches (known under multiple other names) was a major Protestant church body which emerged in 1817 from a series of decrees by
Prussian_Union_of_Churches
Topics referred to by the same term
Prussian Union may refer to: The Prussian Confederation, a league of cities formed in 1440 to resist taxes levied by the Teutonic Order The Prussian Union
Prussian_Union
German state (1701–1918)
in 1798) to unite the Lutheran and the Reformed Church in 1817, (see Prussian Union). The Calvinist minority, strongly supported by its co-religionist Frederick
Kingdom_of_Prussia
Economic union of German states (1834–1919)
joined the Prussian union, which was renamed the German Customs Union. The Tax Union or Steuerverein was formed in 1834 as a customs union first of the
Zollverein
German state from 1525 to 1947
; Old Prussian: Prūsija) was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularization act of the Prussian part of
Prussia
Protestant church in Friedrichstadt, Berlin, Germany
the Prussian Union. The parish federation with the congregations of the New Church ended then. In 1838 – maybe as reward for adopting the Union – Karl
Jerusalem_Church_(Berlin)
1866 war in Europe
The Austro-Prussian War (German: Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg) was fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each
Austro-Prussian_War
Group of Protestant churches in Germany
Kirchenprovinz Sachsen) (Province of Saxony, also known as Prussian Saxony), formed out of the Prussian Union of Churches in 1950 Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Evangelical_Church_in_Germany
Union of Protestant churches of different creeds
federation of Lutheran, United (Prussian Union) and Reformed churches, a union dating back to 1817. The first of the series of unions was at a synod in Idstein
United_and_uniting_churches
Prussian religious denomination
Prussia, especially in the Province of Silesia, who refused to join the Prussian Union of churches in the 1830s and 1840s. Prussia's king, Frederick William
Old_Lutherans
King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840
fully centralized royal control of all the Protestant churches in the Prussian Union of Churches. The king was said to be extremely shy and indecisive. His
Frederick_William_III
German theologian (1892–1984)
old-Prussian Union appointed him curate of Münster's Church of the Redeemer. After serving as the superintendent of the Inner Mission in the old-Prussian
Martin_Niemöller
Protestant church of a region in Germany or Switzerland
starting in June 1945 and ending in 1953 the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union transformed from an integrated church body, subdivided into ecclesiastical
Landeskirche
German Protestant bishop (1880–1967)
separation of state and religion into Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (APU) in 1922. In 1921 he was a member of the Evangelical Supreme Ecclesiastical
F._K._Otto_Dibelius
Protestant regional church
(German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - EKD), and is a church of the Prussian Union. The leader of the church is bishop Dr. Markus Dröge (2010). The EKBO
Evangelical Church Berlin - Brandenburg - Silesian Upper Lusatia
Evangelical_Church_Berlin_-_Brandenburg_-_Silesian_Upper_Lusatia
Synthetic pigment
Prussian blue (also known as Berlin blue, Brandenburg blue, Parisian and Paris blue) is a dark blue pigment produced by oxidation of ferrous ferrocyanide
Prussian_blue
Member of the landed nobility
countryside outside of major cities or towns. They were an important factor in Prussian and, after 1871, German military, political and diplomatic leadership.
Junker_(Prussia)
Church in Berlin, Germany
Reformation in 1539. While keeping this confession the parish was part of the Prussian Union of churches from 1817 to 1948, an umbrella church body combining parishes
St._Mary's_Church,_Berlin
Former Protestant church in Germany
during the Reformation. It combined Lutheran and Reformed traditions (Prussian Union). The seat of the church was Greifswald, the bishop's preaching venue
Pomeranian_Evangelical_Church
Prussian pastor (1897–1939)
18, 1939) was a German pastor of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union who was the first Protestant minister to be martyred by the Nazis. He
Paul_Schneider_(pastor)
Nazi-era movement within the German Evangelical Church
legislating church assemblies) in the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, the largest of the independent Landeskirchen. They were led by Ludwig
German_Christians_movement
German theologian (1877–1946)
von Bodelschwingh, Jr., a member of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, was elected Reich's Bishop, a newly created title. The German Christians
Friedrich_von_Bodelschwingh
1849–1850 Prussian initiative to unify Germany
Austria joined. From this treaty sprung the Prussian policy of fusion, and thence the ambition of the Erfurt Union, which in its constitution abandoned the
Erfurt_Union
Culture of disciplined Prussian elites
Prussianism comprises the practices and doctrines of the Prussians, specifically the militarism and the severe discipline traditionally associated with
Prussianism
Lutheran church in Berlin
community of the Supreme Parish Church adopted the new denomination of the Prussian Union. Today's presbytery of the congregation bears the unusual name in German:
Berlin_Cathedral
War from 1870 to 1871
The Franco-Prussian War, occasionally known as the Franco-German War, and sometimes referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between France
Franco-Prussian_War
German theologian (1883–1945)
embarrassing failure, when the German Evangelical Church Confederation and the Prussian Union of churches designated Friedrich von Bodelschwingh on 27 May 1933. Eventually
Ludwig_Müller
United Protestant church body in parts of several German states
is a full member of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), and is a Prussian Union Church. The current praeses is Thorsten Latzel. The Evangelical Church
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Evangelical_Church_in_the_Rhineland
The Prussian Class S 3s were saturated steam locomotives developed by Hanomag for the Prussian state railways and were built from 1893. They were a further
Prussian_S_3
German theologian, poet and composer (1902-1989)
In 1927 he became a minister for the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union in Oderberg. Soon after the Nazi takeover in Germany Vogel joined the
Heinrich_Vogel
maintaining its former denomination or adopting the new united denomination (Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)). The Kaulsdorf church still being subordinate
Jesus Church, Berlin-Kaulsdorf
Jesus_Church,_Berlin-Kaulsdorf
Political party in Germany
Emperor Wilhelm I and board member of the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union, together with the economist Adolph Wagner had founded the Central Association
Christian Social Party (Germany)
Christian_Social_Party_(Germany)
Church building in Mitte, Germany
Protestant church bodies in Germany (see Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union), the Nazi partisan Protestant so-called Faith Movement of German Christians
Capernaum_Church
German royal and imperial dynasty
religion were unprecedented in Prussian history. In a series of proclamations over several years, the Church of the Prussian Union was formed, bringing together
House_of_Hohenzollern
Protestant churches (Lutheran and Reformed) into one single and united Prussian Union of churches. This subsequently led to the persecution and suppression
Saxon Lutheran immigration of 1838–39
Saxon_Lutheran_immigration_of_1838–39
The Prussian-Hessian Customs Union (German: preußisch-hessische Zollverein) was a customs union between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Grand Duchy of
Prussian-Hessian Customs Union
Prussian-Hessian_Customs_Union
1918–1947 constituent state of Germany
the Prussian Union of Churches lost the king of Prussia as their leader. He had officially been the head bishop (summus episcopus) of the Union with
Free_State_of_Prussia
Group of German protestant christian pastors
Westphalia, a regional substructure within the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, which itself had a German Christian majority in its general synod.
Pfarrernotbund
United Protestant church body in North Rhine-Westphalia
ecclesiastical province of Westphalia within the Lutheran Church of the old-Prussian Union assumed its independence as church body of its own. The EKvW is a full
Evangelical Church of Westphalia
Evangelical_Church_of_Westphalia
Ethical code associated with Prussian society
Prussian virtues (German: preußische Tugenden) are the virtues associated with the historical Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918). They were derived from Prussia's
Prussian_virtues
Federal state in Northern Germany, 1866–1871
Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The North German Confederation's constitution established a semi-presidential, semi-constitutional monarchy with the Prussian king
North_German_Confederation
19th and 20th-century political police in Prussia
The Prussian Secret Police (German: Preußische Geheimpolizei) was the secret police of Prussia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1851 the Police
Prussian_Secret_Police
Protestant Reich church
church body, the by then already merged Evangelical Church of the Old-Prussian Union by its resolution in November the same year, thus resuming independence
German_Evangelical_Church
Continental Reformed Protestantism church in Klaipėda, Lithuania
Klaipėda. The church belonged to the Prussian Union of Churches and had the right to send its delegates to the East Prussian Synod. It did not wish to establish
Evangelical Reformed Church, Klaipėda
Evangelical_Reformed_Church,_Klaipėda
German Lutheran pastor and theologian (1906–1945)
mainstream churches). This election was marked by a struggle within the Old-Prussian Union Protestant Church between the pro-Nazi Deutsche Christen (German Christian)
Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
Church in Kaliningrad, Russia
Russia. originally built as a Roman Catholic church, it later become a Prussian Union (Protestant) church. Juditten was the name of the Mendeleyevo district
Juditten_Church
Land forces of Prussia (1701–1919)
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development
Prussian_Army
Emperor. Legally, the Hohenzollerns ruled Brandenburg in personal union with their Prussian kingdom, but in practice they treated their domains as a single
List_of_Prussian_monarchs
German church body
in Frankfurt am Main. Dating back to the union in the Duchy of Nassau in August 1817, before the Prussian Union of September 1817, it is the first United
Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau
Evangelical_Church_in_Hessen_and_Nassau
Aspect of religion
Lutherans came to Australia under August Kavel in 1839, as a result of the Prussian Union. Later immigrants show much more diversity, which resulted in many splits
Lutheranism_by_region
Area of East Prussia
Directorate of the Klaipėda Region and the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, a church of united administration of Lutheran and Reformed congregations
Klaipėda_Region
Province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945
Pomeranian provincial subsection of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, resistance was organized within the Pfarrernotbund (150 members in
Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)
Province_of_Pomerania_(1815–1945)
Protestant tradition in America
The Old School Presbyterians withdrew from the union, but the New School Presbyterians remained. The union was further damaged by tensions over slavery
Congregationalism in the United States
Congregationalism_in_the_United_States
German Reformed theologian
appointment in Beyenburg [de] as vicar of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, a Protestant church combining congregations of Lutheran, Reformed and
Heinrich_Grüber
Doehring was a popular figure in the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union in Berlin. He was a strict conservative and was active in the Weimar
Bruno_Doehring
Church building in Potsdam, Germany
the Garrison Church, Lutheran and Reformed Protestants founded the Prussian Union of Churches in it, and classical concerts took place there. In Nazi
Garrison_Church,_Potsdam
19th-century state in the German Confederation
Hanover was joined in a personal union with Great Britain. In 1803, Hanover was conquered by the French and Prussian armies in the Napoleonic Wars. The
Kingdom_of_Hanover
of proclamations over several decades the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union was formed, bringing together the more numerous Lutherans and the less
Religion_in_Germany
Church building in Mitte, Germany
Tarsus. In 1817, the two congregations of the German Church, like most Prussian Reformed and Lutheran congregations joined the common umbrella organisation
Neue_Kirche,_Berlin
German soldier
Austrian Army, the Union Army during the American Civil War, the army of Emperor Maximilian in Mexico and thereafter in the Prussian Army. He was killed
Felix_Salm-Salm
Ethnoreligious community in Texas, US
churches in his territory to unite, forming the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union. The unification of the two branches of German Protestantism sparked
Wends_of_Texas
Topics referred to by the same term
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, (Evangelische Kirche der altpreußischen Union) a former church Amherst Political Union, a student debating organization
APU
Topics referred to by the same term
Protestant German states in the 17th century A union between Lutheran and Reformed Churches, e.g. Prussian Union A campus Christian group affiliated with Campus
Evangelical_Union
German Lutheran denomination
territory to unite, forming the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union, a predecessor to today's Union of Evangelical Churches. As the uniting of Lutheran
Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Independent_Evangelical-Lutheran_Church
Historical region on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Europe
population against the Teutonic state, initially by the Lizard Union and later by the Prussian Confederation, both pledging allegiance to the Polish king
Prussia_(region)
Protestant Christian denomination in the United States
Settlement in Missouri, by a union of Reformed and Lutheran Christians in a manner similar to the creation of the Prussian Union in the early 19th century
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical_and_Reformed_Church
Catholics. A significant portion of Protestant chancellors belonged to the Prussian Union of Churches, which united the Reformed and Lutheran confessions throughout
Religious affiliations of chancellors of Germany
Religious_affiliations_of_chancellors_of_Germany
Polish client state of the Kingdom of Prussia (1815-48)
established following the Congress of Vienna in 1815. On 9 February 1849, the Prussian administration renamed the grand duchy the Province of Posen. Its former
Grand_Duchy_of_Posen
Ethnic group
The Prussian Lithuanians, or Lietuvininkai (singular: Lietuvininkas, plural: Lietuvininkai), are Lithuanians, originally Lithuanian language speakers,
Prussian_Lithuanians
German political-military conflict
federal-state (the Erfurt Union). This almost led to war in Germany, which was finally avoided by Prussia's backing down. This Austrian-Prussian opposition had arisen
Autumn_Crisis_of_1850
Province of Prussia (1848–1920)
activist, patron of Union of the Earnings and Economic Societies (Związek Spółek Zarobkowych i Gospodarczych) Western fringes of Prussian Greater Poland remained
Province_of_Posen
Right-wing political party of the German Empire
the Elbe and the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union and had its political stronghold in the Prussian Diet, where the three-class franchise gave
German_Conservative_Party
German Empress from 1888 to 1918
deeply religious, a devout adherent of the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union, and a representative of strict moral conduct. She had a strong aversion
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein
Former protestant church in Königsberg, East Prussia (today's Kaliningrad, Russia)
The Burgkirche was a Reformed Protestant church of the Prussian Union in Königsberg, Prussia. After the conversion of the Hohenzollern elector John Sigismund
Burgkirche,_Königsberg
Type of territorial division within Christian churches
in Prussia's older Provinces in 1875, Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union in 1922), had ecclesiastical provinces (Kirchenprovinzen) as administrative
Ecclesiastical_province
Neo-Gothic church in Berlin
under his direction from 1824 to 1831. The building is maintained by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and is part of the Berlin State Museums' ensemble
Friedrichswerder_Church
1866–1871 consolidation of German states
and linguistic unity. Economically, the creation of the Prussian Zollverein (customs union) in 1818, and its subsequent expansion to include other states
Unification_of_Germany
Overview of episcopal offices in Reformed/Calvinist traditions
Lutheran–Reformed unions. These churches mostly tend to be in either the mostly German United tradition such as the Prussian Union of Churches) or the
Bishops_in_Calvinism
Protestant church in Idstein, Germany
commemorate the union of Lutheran and Reformed Protestants in the Duchy of Nassau in August 1817, the first of its kind (before the Prussian Union in September
Unionskirche,_Idstein
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
the Union Brigade (in third line) to move to its left, to reduce their casualty rate. At about 13:15, Napoleon saw the first columns of Prussians around
Battle_of_Waterloo
In a series of proclamations over several decades the Church of the Prussian Union was formed, bringing together the more numerous Lutherans, and the less
Christianity in the 19th century
Christianity_in_the_19th_century
Historic province of Prussia and Germany
along the southeastern Baltic Coast. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered in the Northern Crusades by the Teutonic Knights and then
East_Prussia
Historic German city, now Kaliningrad, Russia
the Prussian monarchy from 1701 onwards, though the capital was Berlin. From the thirteenth century, it was inhabited by Germans and Old Prussians, then
Königsberg
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union assumed its independence as church body of its own. The history of the old-Prussian Union is tied with the history
Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
Evangelical_Church_of_the_Church_Province_of_Saxony
1930s German Protestant movement
Protestant church: Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union (German: Evangelische Kirche der altpreußischen Union), with 18 million members, the church strongest
Confessing_Church
Nazi German racial classification
Catholics (32,5%). The largest of which, the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union, comprised 18 million enlisted parishioners. Noteworthy families of
Mischling
Gottfried Scheibel (1783–1843), theological professor and dissenter to the Prussian Union Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) a Reformed theologian, philosopher
List_of_people_from_Wrocław
therefore somewhat politicised. It opposed the Prussian Union, comprising the Protestant parishes in the Prussian territory prior the 1866 annexations, not
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
Evangelical-Lutheran_Church_of_Hanover
Prussian-American general and communist revolutionary
assassination, Willich left the Union Army and offered his expertise to the Prussian military during the Franco-Prussian War but was refused on account
August_Willich
German politician and Nazi official (1887–1943)
of presbyters and synodals within the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union on 13 November that year. The German Christians then gained about a
Wilhelm_Kube
Protestant church in Tel Aviv, Israel
to Jerusalem's Association than to the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union and its Provostry of Jerusalem. In October 1934 the DEMB convened again
Immanuel_Church_(Tel_Aviv)
German state flag from 1525 to 1947
abolition of the state of Prussia in 1947 following World War II. The Prussian national and merchant flag was originally a simple black-white-black flag
Flag_of_Prussia
Region of Lithuania) belonged to the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union. Most resettled in West Germany after World War II along with the ethnic
Religion_in_Lithuania
Baroque Protestant church in Berlin
Grundbestimmung der Evangelischen Kirche der Union (EKU)" (decided on the seventh synod of the Evangelical Church of the Union 19–21 April 1991), in: «… den großen
Holy_Trinity_Church,_Berlin
retained a Polish element in its allegiances. Similarly, the emergent Prussian Union (Preußischer Bund), composed of various dissatisfied local estates,
Germanisation_of_Prussia
German judge
December 1950 the general synod of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union elected him its praeses, an office he held until 1970. In 1952, he briefly
Lothar_Kreyssig
Semi-autonomous European city-state (1920–1939)
Ecclesiastical Province of West Prussia of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (EKapU), were transformed into the Regional Synodal Federation of the
Free_City_of_Danzig
Erfurt in June 1834. Grabau was jailed twice for refusing to use the Prussian union Agenda and was permitted to immigrate to America in summer 1839 with
Johannes Andreas August Grabau
Johannes_Andreas_August_Grabau
Dialect of Polish spoken in northeastern Poland
devastated by the crusades of the Teutonic Knights against the native Old Prussians. According to other sources, people from Masovia did not move to southern
Masurian_dialects
the Prussian-Hessian Customs Union, and was intended as an alternative to a union dominated by the Kingdom of Prussia. The key proponent of the union was
Central German Commercial Union
Central_German_Commercial_Union
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Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Afanasiy, AFANASY means "immortal."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Gennadiy, GENNADI means "noble."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Arseniy, ARSENI means "virile."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Arseniy, ARSENIY means "virile."
Male
Russian
(РоÑÑ) Russian pet form of Czech/Russian Rostislav, ROSTYA means "usurp-glory."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Vasiliy, VASILI means "king."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Gennadiy, GENNADY means "noble."
Male
Russian
(Паша) Russian pet form of Czech/Russian Pavel, PASHA means "small."
Female
Russian
(Russian Ева): Armenian and Russian form of Greek Eva, YEVA means "life."Â
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Irinei, IRINEY means "peaceful."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a priest’s servant, from Middle English pr(i)est ‘priest’, ‘minister’ + man ‘man’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing and pressing of clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + man ‘man’.
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Aleksey, ALEXEY means "defender."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Afanasiy, AFANASII means "immortal."
Male
Russian
(Russian ИÑидор): Russian form of Greek Isidoros, ISIDOR means "gift of Isis."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Faddei, FADEI means "courageous."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Vikentiy, VIKENTI means "conquering."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Vasiliy, VASILY means "king."
Female
Russian
(Людмила) Russian feminine form of Czech/Russian Ludmil, LUDMILA means "people's favor."Â
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Afanasiy, AFANASEI means "immortal."
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Vasiliy, VASSILY means "king."
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PRUSSIAN UNION
Boy/Male
Indian
One who Worship the Almighty with Great Promise
Girl/Female
Biblical
Milk, fatness.
Boy/Male
English
From the eastern town.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Lake Forest
Boy/Male
Tamil
Satyavir | ஸதà¯à®¯à®µà¯€à®°
Always speaking lie, Someone who gets victory with truth, Truthful
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Spider Web; Cobweb
Girl/Female
Indian
Rain
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sky, Heaven, Earth
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Son of the King
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.English : occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon.Irish : variant of Deane.Italian : occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).
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n. sing. & pl.
A Russian, or the Russians.
a.
Of or pertaining to Prussia.
v. t.
To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.
a.
Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
n.
Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
n.
Prussian leather.
n.
A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.
n. pl.
An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Prussia.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.
n.
One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
a.
Prussia leather; pruce.
a.
Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.
a.
Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).
a.
designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.
n.
A Russian village community.
pl.
of Pressman
n.
A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
n.
One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.