old order amish

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old order amish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 branches of Amish Mennonites
     in the United States. A branch having particularly strict
     adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish
     
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]