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  1. c. 1373-1415. Bohemian church reformer,
  2. rector of Prague University from 1402, who
  3. was excommunicated for attacks on
  4. ecclesiastical abuses. He was summoned before
  5. the Council of Constance 1414, defended the
  6. English reformer Wycliffe, rejected the
  7. pope's authority, and was burned at the
  8. stake. His followers were called Hussites.
  9.