Synonyms:
Luther, Martin_Luther
Meaning: German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
Usage examples
In other words, Luther Burbank has shown us that we can "change plant nature."
In its vicinity are the famous gardens of Luther Burbank, the "California wizard," but these fortunately escaped injury.
The fact is--" Miss Sarah threw up her head importantly, with a proud flush on her thin cheeks--"I'm going to be married--to Luther Wallace.
Luther said that the human mind is like a drunken peasant on horseback: he is rolling off on the right, you push him up, he then rolls over on the left.
Do you know, Calvin," he turned abruptly toward his friend, "I have been tempted of late to lash myself with a scourge. If I had lived in Martin Luther's time I should have bared my back to a self-inflicted torture."
But the general tendency of schism is to widen. Had Leo the Tenth, when the exactions and impostures of the Pardoners first roused the indignation of Saxony, corrected those evil practices with a vigorous hand, it is not improbable that Luther would have died in the bosom of the Church of Rome.