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Taborites

Also known as Tabor

A militant group of Bohemian Hussite reformers. They were strict Biblicists who insisted on receiving the Eucharist in both bread and wine while denying transubstantiation and the Real Presence.

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A militant group of Bohemian Hussite reformers who in 1420 gave the biblical name of Tabor (Czech: Tabor) to their fortified settlement south of Prague. Like their more moderate coreligionists, the Utraquists, they were strict Biblicists and insisted on receiving a Eucharist of both bread and wine, though they denied transubstantiation and the Real Presence.

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  1. 1.“Taborite.” Encyclopaedia BritannicaLinkOriginal citation: "Taborite." Encyclopaedia Britannica. July 24, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Taborites.

Last revised August 14, 2026